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Book Title: Autobiography of an EX-Colored Man
Item Length: 8.5in.
Item Height: 0.2in.
Item Width: 5.5in.
Author: James Weldon Johnson
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Classics, African American / General, Historical
Publisher: Digireads.Com Publishing
Publication Year: 2016
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 4.8 Oz
Number of Pages: 100 Pages