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Author: Elizabeth Ten Grotenhuis
Date: 30 Nov 1998
Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press
Language: English
Book Format: Paperback::400 pages
ISBN10: 0824820819
ISBN13: 9780824820817
Publication City/Country: Honolulu, HI, United States
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