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Number of Pages: 336 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Sharps Rifles and Spanish Mules : the San Antonio-El Paso Mail, 1851-1881
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Item Height: 1 in
Subject: United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), United States / General
Publication Year: 2000
Item Weight: 18.4 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Wayne R. Austerman
Subject Area: History
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
