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Book Title: Sticks And Stones: Three Centuries Of North Carolina Gravema...
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
Publication Name: Sticks and Stones : Three Centuries of North Carolina Gravemarkers
Language: English
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication Year: 2014
Subject: Genealogy & Heraldry, Archaeology, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), General, Customs & Traditions
Item Height: 0.7 in
Features: New Edition
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 13 Oz
Subject Area: Référence, Social Science, Language Arts & Disciplines, History
Item Length: 10.9 in
Author: M. Ruth Little
Item Width: 8 in
Series: Richard Hampton Jenrette Series in Architecture and the Decorative Arts Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
