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| Author | G. K. Chesterton |
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| Publisher | Hodder and Stoughton |
Publication date | 1920 |
The New Jerusalem is a 1920 book by the English author and journalist G. K. Chesterton. Dale Ahlquist calls it a "philosophical travelogue" of Chesterton's journey across Europe to Palestine. [1]
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