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Book Title: Mining California : an Ecological History
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2006
Topic: United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Ecology
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Nature, History
Item Weight: 11.6 Oz
Author: Andrew C. Isenberg
Item Length: 8.5 in
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
