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National Book Critics Circle Award (Finalist – Criticism – 1980)

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Genres: Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, Literature Studies and Criticism, History, Anthropology
DDC/MDS: 973.07 — History & geography History of North America United States United States Education And Research
LCC: E175.5 .A2 .B55 — History of the United States United States History General

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Languages: English
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Published: 1980
Genres: Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, Literature Studies and Criticism, History, Anthropology
DDC/MDS: 973.07
LCC: E175.5 .A2 .B55

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