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Book Title: Remembering the Good War : Minnesota's Greatest Generation
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Thomas Saylor
Format: Perfect
Language: English
Topic: Historiography, Military / World War II, General, United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Publication Year: 2007
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
