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Book Title: What Is Life Worth? : the Unprecedented Effort to Compensate the Victims of 9/11
Item Length: 8.2in
Item Height: 1.8in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: Kenneth R. Feinberg
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Political, Disasters & Disaster Relief
Publisher: Public Affairs
Publication Year: 2006
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History, Social Science
Item Weight: 7.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
