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The Library of American Biography, Vol. 4 (Classic Reprint)

Author : Jared Sparks
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ISBN 13 : 9781333045258
Total Pages : 420 pages
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The Library of American Biography, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

Author : Jared Sparks
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ISBN 13 : 9780365354819
Total Pages : 376 pages
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American Biography, Vol. 4 (Classic Reprint)

Author : Jared Sparks
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ISBN 13 : 9780365484691
Total Pages : 236 pages
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Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography, Vol. 4 of 5

Author : Thomas William Herringshaw
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ISBN 13 : 9781390409536
Total Pages : 604 pages
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The Library of American Biography, Vol. 21 (Classic Reprint)

Author : Jared Sparks
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ISBN 13 : 9780365335726
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The Library of American Biography, Vol. 9 (Classic Reprint)

Author : Jared Sparks
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ISBN 13 : 9780484361446
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The Library of American Biography, Vol. 13

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ISBN 13 : 9780365389309
Total Pages : 454 pages
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Library of American Biography, Vol. 5 (Classic Reprint)

Author : Jared Sparks
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ISBN 13 : 9781332804436
Total Pages : 376 pages
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The Library of American Biography, Vol. 5 (Classic Reprint)

Author : Jared Sparks
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ISBN 13 : 9780365141112
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American Biography, Vol. 10 (Classic Reprint)

Author : Jared Sparks
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ISBN 13 : 9780484611084
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American Biography, Vol. 1 of 3 (Classic Reprint)

Author : Jeremy Belknap
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ISBN 13 : 9780267341528
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American Biography, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 13 : 9781527952089
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Appletons Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

Author : James Grant Wilson
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ISBN 13 : 9781528245975
Total Pages : 824 pages
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Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. 3

Author : James Grant Wilson
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ISBN 13 : 9780266382492
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Portraits of Eminent Americans Now Living, Vol. 4

Author : John Livingston
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ISBN 13 : 9780484832038
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Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography, Vol. 3

Author : James Grant Wilson
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ISBN 13 : 9780656258956
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The Library of American Biography

Author : Jared Sparks
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ISBN 13 : 9781458979889
Total Pages : 170 pages
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