The Story of Motown
- ISBN-10
- 0802142850
- ISBN-13
- 9780802142856
- Category
- Travel / Essays & Travelogues
- Pages
- 180
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1979
- Publisher
- Grove Press
- Author
- Peter Benjaminson
Description
The author of Italian Neighbors takes a lighthearted look at Italian family life with an eye for detail and character that reveals the nature of relationships and culminates in a beach holiday epitomizing the best in Italian life. 30,000 first printing. $35,000 ad/promo. Tour.
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