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Book Title: General and the Journalists : Ulysses S. Grant, Horace Greeley and Charles Dana
Item Length: 9.8in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 5.9in
Author: Harry J. Maihafer
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Features: Reprint
Topic: Editors, Journalists, Publishers, United States / 19th Century, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Presidents & Heads of State, Military
Publisher: Potomac Books, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2001
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 0 Oz
Number of Pages: 315 Pages
