
Dinner in Camelot: The Night America's Greatest Scientists, Writers, and Scholars Partied at the Kennedy White House
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ISBN-13: | 9781512600124 |
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Publisher: | University Press of New England |
Publication date: | 04/03/2018 |
Pages: | 252 |
Sales rank: | 564,372 |
Product dimensions: | 6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.10(d) |
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