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Book Title: Mary Pickford : Canada's Silent Siren, America's Sweetheart
Item Length: 8.5in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: Peggy Dymond Leavey
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Women, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Historical
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Publication Year: 2011
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Item Weight: 11.3 Oz
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
