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Book Title: Electric Eden : Unearthing Britain's Visionary Music
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 1.5in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Rob Young
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Genres & Styles / Punk, History & Criticism, Genres & Styles / Folk & Traditional
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication Year: 2011
Genre: Music
Item Weight: 34.5 Oz
Number of Pages: 672 Pages
