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Book Title: Black Swamp Farm
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.7in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Howard E. Good
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Features: New Edition
Topic: Cultural Heritage, General, Agriculture / General, United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI), Sociology / Rural
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
Publication Year: 1997
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Technology & Engineering, History, Social Science
Item Weight: 14.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
