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Book Title: Secret in Building 26
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Item Length: 9.5in.
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Intended Audience: Adults
Modified Item: No
Subject: History
Edition: First Edition
Vintage: No
Publication Year: 2004
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Era: 1940s
Item Height: 1in.
Author: Colin Burke, Jim Debrosse
Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Genre: Biographies & True Stories, Engineering & Technology, History, Military, War & Combat, Language Arts & Disciplines
Topic: Combat, Espionage, Military / World War II, Military History, Navy, Submarines, True Military Stories, World War II
Subjects: History & Military
Item Width: 6.4in.
Item Weight: 20.5 Oz
Number of Pages: 304 Pages