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Copyright © 2012 by Oksana Marafioti

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First edition, 2012

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Marafioti, Oksana, 1974–

American Gypsy / Oksana Marafioti. — 1st ed.

      p. cm.

ISBN 978-0-374-10407-8

1.  Marafioti, Oksana, 1974–   2.  Romanies—United States—Biography.   3.  Immigrants—United States—Biography.   4.  Marafioti, Oksana, 1974– —Childhood and youth.   5.  Romanies—Soviet Union—Biography.   I.  Title.

 

 DX127.M37 A3 2012

 305.891'497073—dc23                   2011047075

eISBN 9781429945264

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