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Virgin Land: The American West as Symbol and Myth
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The stored metadata frames Virgin Land: The American West as Symbol and Myth by Henry Nash Smith as a focused backlist selection with a clear entry point for curious readers. On-file edition details point to 2005 • Harvard Univ Pr • 328 pages, a decent clue for how big a commitment this copy is.
Edition on file: 2005 • Harvard Univ Pr • 328 pages • ISBN 9780674939554.
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