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Book Title: American Daughter : Discovering My Mother
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 0.5in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Elizabeth Kendall
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Military / World War II, Personal Memoirs, Parenting / Motherhood, United States / MidWest / West North Central (IA, Ks, MN, MO, North Dakota, Ne, Sd)
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication Year: 2000
Genre: Family & Relationships, Biography & Autobiography, Travel, History
Item Weight: 13 Oz
Number of Pages: 260 Pages
