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- Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
- Number of Pages: 264
- ISBN: 0813192218
- WAPI (Tower ID): 112990959
- Release Date: April 1, 2009
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #509130 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
- #18047 in Biography & Autobiography (See Top 100 Biography & Autobiography Bestsellers)
- #92 in Entertainment & Performing Arts - Television Personalities (See Top 100 Entertainment & Performing Arts - Television Personalities Bestsellers)
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