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Book Title: Panther Baby
Item Length: 8.2in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 6.2in
Author: Jamal Joseph
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Cultural Heritage, Personal Memoirs, General, African American, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Publication Year: 2012
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History, Social Science
Item Weight: 8 Oz
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
