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Crossing The River
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London, Bloomsbury Publishing, 1993
ISBN 10: 0003303381
ISBN 13: 9780003303384
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. True First edition. Very Good condition with very good dj. 8vo, Black cloth with pictorial dj., ribbon book mark. Two brothers and a sister sold to slavery and the subsequent saga of their lives. The author born St. Kitts, West Indies, 1958. Brought up in England. 237 pgs. Seller Inventory # 0726
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