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Book Title: Cruise of the Sea Eagle
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, T.H.E.
Item Length: 9 in
Intended Audience: Adults
Modified Item: No
Subject: History
Vintage: No
Publication Year: 2005
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Illustrator: Yes
Era: 1910s
Author: Blaine Pardoe
Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Genre: Biographies & True Stories, History, Military, War & Combat
Topic: Combat, Memoir, Military History, Navy, Ships, True Military Stories, World War I, Military / World War I
Subjects: History & Military
Item Width: 6 in
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
