A Victim of Convenience

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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Ballem, John, date
A victim of convenience / John Ballem.

ISBN-10: 1-55002-617-8
ISBN-13: 978-1-55002-617-7

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PS8553.A45V52 2006C813'.54C2006-901334-9

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