America Grows Up: A History for Peter

by Gerald W. Johnson

Series:A History for Peter (Volume 2)

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A History for Peter

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America, A History For Peter: America is Born, America Grows Up, America Moves Forward (3 volumes in Slipcase) by Gerald W. Johnson

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Canonical title: America Grows Up: A History for Peter
Original publication date: 1960
Important places: USA
Original language: English

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Genres: Nonfiction, Kids, History, Tween
DDC/MDS: 973 — History & geography History of North America United States
LCC: E178.3 .J7 — History of the United States United States History General

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America Grows Up: A History for Peter

by Gerald W. Johnson

Series:A History for Peter (Volume 2)

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