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Jesse Owens : A Biography Jacqueline Edmondson

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Author: Jacqueline Edmondson
Date: 30 Sep 2007
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Original Languages: English
Format: Hardback::136 pages
ISBN10: 0313339880
Dimension: 164.34x 237.49x 15.24mm::294.84g
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