The Great North American Ski Book
- ISBN-10
- 0684176548
- ISBN-13
- 9780684176543
- Category
- Sports & Recreation / Winter Sports / Skiing
- Pages
- 471
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1982
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Author
- I. William Berry
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