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Book Title: Front Stoops in the Fifties : Baltimore Legends Come of Age
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Michael Olesker
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), United States / 20th Century, General, Customs & Traditions
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Year: 2017
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History, Social Science
Item Weight: 12 Oz
Number of Pages: 248 Pages
