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Book Title: Pottsville in the Twentieth Century
Item Length: 9.6in.
Item Height: 0.4in.
Item Width: 6.7in.
Author: Leo L. Ward
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa)
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2003
Genre: History
Item Weight: 14.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 130 Pages
