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Book Title: White Lies : Melville's Narratives of Facts
Item Length: 8in
Item Height: 1in
Item Width: 5in
Author: John Samson
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: American / General
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication Year: 1989
Genre: Literary Criticism
Item Weight: 32.1 Oz
Number of Pages: 260 Pages
