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Copyright © 2019 by William Kent Krueger
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Krueger, William Kent, author.
Title: This tender land : a novel / William Kent Krueger.
Description: First Atria Books hardcover edition. | New York : Atria Books, 2019.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019015067| ISBN 9781476749297 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781476749310 (ebook)
Subjects: | BISAC: FICTION / Literary. | FICTION / Historical. Classification: LCC PS3561.R766 T46 2019 | DDC 813/.54--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019015067.
ISBN 978-1-4767-4929-7
ISBN 978-1-4767-4931-0 (ebook)