American Frontier Life: Early Western Painting and Prints
- ISBN-10
- 0517687860
- ISBN-13
- 9780517687864
- Category
- Art
- Pages
- 202
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1989-07-01
- Publisher
- Gramercy Books
- Author
- Peter H. Hassrick
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