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Book Title: Delaware's Forgotten Folk: The Story Of The Moors And Nantic...
Number of Pages: 232 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Delaware's Forgotten Folk : the Story of the Moors and Nanticokes
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Publication Year: 2006
Subject: Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, Native American
Item Height: 0.6 in
Item Weight: 23.5 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Social Science, History
Author: C. A. Weslager
Item Length: 8.5 in
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Perfect
