The Salton Sea

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Book Title: Salton Sea

Number of Pages: 128 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Topic: United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Subjects & Themes / Regional (See Also Travel / Pictorials), United States / West / Pacific (Ak, CA, Hi, Or, Wa), Customs & Traditions, Pictorials (See Also Photography / Subjects & Themes / Regional)

Item Height: 0.3 in

Publication Year: 2011

Illustrator: Yes

Genre: Travel, Social Science, Photography, History

Item Weight: 10.5 Oz

Item Length: 9.2 in

Author: Karl Anderson

Book Series: Postcard History Ser.

Item Width: 6.5 in

Format: Trade Paperback