The Flatness and Other Landscapes: Essays (Associated Writing Programs Award for Creative Nonfiction)

Year 2000
Pages 171

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The listing describes The Flatness and Other Landscapes: Essays (Associated Writing Programs Award for Creative Nonfiction) by Michael Martone as a history book that adds background to its subject. The copy shown here is 2000 • Univ of Georgia Pr • 171 pages.

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