Gangsters
- ISBN-10
- 0713103256
- ISBN-13
- 9780713103250
- Series
- Gangsters
- Category
- Readers
- Pages
- 48
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1979
- Publisher
- Hodder Education
- Author
- John Louis Foster
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- 2012-10-01
- 224 pages
- Paperback
- Haynes Publishing UK
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