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Book Title: I AM Providence : the Life and Times of H. P. Lovecraft
Item Length: 9in.
Item Height: 1.2in.
Item Width: 6in.
Author: S. T. Joshi
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Horror & Supernatural, Literary
Publisher: Hippocampus Press
Publication Year: 2013
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism
Item Weight: 27.1 Oz
Number of Pages: 578 Pages
