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Book Title: Up from These Hills : Memories of a Cherokee Boyhood
Item Length: 8.4in
Item Height: 0.7in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: Michael Lambert, Leonard Carson Lambert, Leonard Carson Lambert Jr.
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, FL, GA, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, Native Americans
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication Year: 2011
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History, Social Science
Item Weight: 9.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
