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Book Title: Backpack Ambassadors: How Youth Travel Integrated Europe
Item Length: 9.1in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 5.9in
Author: Richard Ivan Jobs
Publication Name: Backpack Ambassadors : How Youth Travel Integrated Europe
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication Year: 2017
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 19.5 Oz
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
