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Book Title: Hoosier Holiday
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 1in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Theodore Dreiser
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: General, American / General, United States / MidWest / East North Central (IL, in, MI, OH, Wi), United States / Northeast / Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, Pa)
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication Year: 1998
Genre: Travel, Literary Criticism
Item Weight: 26.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 560 Pages
