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Item Weight: 0.75 lbs
Book Title: Wreckers : the Florida Keys Volume 3
Item Length: 9in.
Item Height: 0.6in.
Item Width: 6in.
Author: John Viele
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, FL, GA, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), General, Ships & Shipbuilding / History, Customs & Traditions, United States / South / South Atlantic (DC, De, FL, GA, Md, Nc, SC, VA, WV)
Publisher: Pineapple Press, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2011
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Travel, Transportation, History, Social Science
Number of Pages: 226 Pages
