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Item Weight: 1.01 lbs
Book Title: Taking Hawaii : How Thirteen Honolulu Businessmen Overthrew the Queen of Hawaii in 1893, with a Bluff
Item Length: 8in
Item Width: 5.2in
Author: Stephen Dando-Collins
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: United States / 19th Century, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Idaho, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Imperialism
Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
Publication Year: 2014
Genre: History, Political Science
Number of Pages: 358 Pages
