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The barn the secret history of a murder in Mississippi
(2024)
By: Thompson, Wright

Nonfiction

Large Type

Call Numbers:
LARGE TYPE/364.134/THOMPSON,W

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PUBLISHED
New York : Penguin Press, 2024
[New York] : Random House Large Print, [2024]
©2024
EDITION
First large print edition
DESCRIPTION

585 pages (large print) : maps, genealogical table ; 24 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9780593949108, 0593949102 :, 0593949102, 9780593949108
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

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