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Book Title: Home Before Morning
Number of Pages: 330 Pages
Publication Name: Home before Morning : the Story of an Army Nurse in Vietnam
Language: English
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Publication Year: 2001
Subject: Military / Vietnam War, General
Item Height: 0.9 in
Features: Reprint
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Biography & Autobiography, History
Author: Lynda Van Devanter
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
