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Book Title: Lusitania Sinking : Eyewitness Accounts from Survivors
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 1in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Anthony Richards
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Military / WORLD War I, Military / Naval, Outdoor Skills, Ships & Shipbuilding / History, Maritime History & Piracy
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Publication Year: 2019
Genre: Transportation, Sports & Recreation, History
Item Weight: 19.8 Oz
Number of Pages: 224 Pages