Betwixt and Between: Patterns of Masculine and Feminine Initiation

Year 1987
Pages 532

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This edition of Betwixt and Between: Patterns of Masculine and Feminine Initiation by Louise Carus Mahdi is a general-interest book whose subject is easy to identify. The copy shown here is 1987 • Open Court Pub Co • 532 pages.

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