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Book Title: Reconstructing the Native South : American Indian Literature and the Lost Cause
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Melanie Benson Taylor
Original Language: English
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: American / General, American / Regional, Native American
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Publication Year: 2012
Genre: Literary Criticism, Literary Collections
Item Weight: 19.2 Oz
Number of Pages: 248 Pages
