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Jane's Career: A Story Of Jamaica

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Book Title: Jane's Career : a Story of Jamaica

Number of Pages: 152 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Mint Editions

Item Height: 0.4 in

Publication Year: 2021

Topic: African American / Contemporary Women, Classics

Genre: Fiction

Item Weight: 9.9 Oz

Item Length: 8 in

Author: H. G. De Lisser

Book Series: Mint Editions (Tales from the Caribbean) Ser.

Item Width: 5 in

Format: Hardcover

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