America: a Portrait in History
- ISBN-10
- 0130241660
- ISBN-13
- 9780130241665
- Series
- America
- Category
- United States
- Pages
- 704
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1974
- Author
- David Burner
Description
L. Chapman 1951 Peter Brennan 1973 Herbert Brownell , Arthur E. Sec'y of Health Douglas McKay 1953 Ezra T. Benson 1953 Sec'y of Housing Jr. 1953 Summerfield 1953 Educ . & Welfare Fred Seaton 1956 and Urban W. P. Rogers 1957 Est . April ...
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