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Author: Thomas Kemp Cartmell
Book Title: Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants
Language: English
Topic: Administrative_Records, Genealogy
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Genre: Classics
Publication Year: 2018
Original Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: America
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Intended Audience: Adults
Personalize: No
Inscribed: No
Ex Libris: No
Personalized: No
Signed: No
Item Weight: 29 oz
Number of Pages: 594
Type: textbook