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Author | David W. Blight |
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Audio read by | Prentice Onayemi [1] |
Cover artist | Darren Haggar (design) [2] |
Language | English |
Subject | Frederick Douglass |
Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
Publication date | October 16, 2018 [3] |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardcover) |
Pages | 912 [3] |
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ISBN | 978-1-4165-9031-6 (hardcover) |
OCLC | 1022622448 |
973.8092 B | |
LC Class | E449.D75 B557 2018 |
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