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Item Weight: 0.7 lbs
Book Title: Small Town, Big Oil : The Untold Story of the Women Who Took on the Richest Man in the World--And Won
Item Length: 8.5in.
Item Width: 5.5in.
Author: David w. Moore
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Women, United States / State & Local / New England (Ct, mA, ME, NH, Ri, VT), Public Policy / Environmental Policy
Publisher: Diversion Publishing Corp.
Publication Year: 2018
Genre: History, Political Science
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
