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Book Title: Stowaway : a Young Man's Extraordinary Adventure to Antarctica
Item Length: 8.4in.
Item Height: 0.7in.
Item Width: 5.5in.
Author: Laurie Gwen Shapiro
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Polar Regions, United States / 20th Century, Children's Studies, Adventurers & Explorers, General, Essays & Travelogues
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication Year: 2019
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Nature, Travel, History, Social Science
Item Weight: 8.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
