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Book Title: Kallikak Family
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Henry Herbert Goddard
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: People with Disabilities, Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, Psychopathology / General
Publisher: CreateSpace
Publication Year: 2008
Genre: Psychology, Science, Social Science
Item Weight: 8.2 Oz
Number of Pages: 116 Pages
