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Travels With Cookie: Narrowboat Cruising With A Cat

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Book Title: Travels with Cookie : Narrowboat Cruising with a Cat

Item Length: 8in.

Item Height: 0.4in.

Item Width: 5in.

Author: David Thomas

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Topic: Personal Memoirs

Publisher: CreateSpace

Publication Year: 2014

Genre: Biography & Autobiography

Item Weight: 8.2 Oz

Number of Pages: 156 Pages

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