Name: The Devil's Causeway: The True Story of America's First Prisoners of war in the Philippines, and the Heroic Expedition Sent to Their Rescue (en Inglés)
Price: 48.01 PEN
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Author: Matthew Westfall
ISBN: 9780762780297

portada The Devil's Causeway: The True Story of America's First Prisoners of war in the Philippines, and the Heroic Expedition Sent to Their Rescue (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Lyons Press

Autor

Matthew Westfall

Año

2012

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

432

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

ISBN

0762780290

ISBN13

9780762780297

N° edición

The Devil's Causeway: The True Story of America's First Prisoners of war in the Philippines, and the Heroic Expedition Sent to Their Rescue (en Inglés)

Matthew Westfall (Autor) · Lyons Press · Tapa Dura

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