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Book Title: Complete Book of 1930s Broadway Musicals
Number of Pages: 712 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2018
Item Height: 1.9 in
Topic: Theater / Broadway & Musicals, Genres & Styles / Musicals, Reference
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Music, Performing Arts
Item Weight: 77 Oz
Item Length: 11.3 in
Author: Dan Dietz
Item Width: 8.8 in
Format: Hardcover
