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Book Title: Rough Riders
Item Length: 9in.
Item Height: 0.3in.
Item Width: 6in.
Author: Theodore Roosevelt
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: United States / 19th Century, Military / United States, Presidents & Heads of State
Publisher: Bottom of the Hill Publishing
Publication Year: 2010
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 7.5 Oz
Number of Pages: 152 Pages
