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Book Title: Wendell Berry And Higher Education: Cultivating Virtues Of P...
Item Length: 9in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Jeffrey Bilbro, Jack R. Baker
Publication Name: Wendell Berry and Higher Education : Cultivating Virtues of Place
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Series: Culture of the Land Ser.
Publication Year: 2017
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 18.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 268 Pages
