In the Hands of Providence: Joshua L. Chamberlain and the American Civil War
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| ISBN-13: | 9781469615660 |
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| Publisher: | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Publication date: | 10/01/2013 |
| Series: | Civil War America |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 592 |
| Sales rank: | 834,817 |
| Lexile: | 1500L (what's this?) |
| File size: | 7 MB |
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