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Language: en
Pages: 408
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Type: BOOK - Published: 1997-12-01 - Publisher: University of Nevada Press
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Pages: 270
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Language: en
Pages: 400
Pages: 400
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-05-28 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
This four-part chronology presents the unfolding of the American West from 23,000 B.C.E. to A.D. 2001 Not long ago, the story of the American West was an uncomp
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Soiled Doves tells of the grey world of prostitution and the women who participated in the oldest profession. Colorful, if not socially acceptable, these ladies