G. D. Spilsbury is the author of short stories set in Italy's olive hills, Sabina Quartet, and two cultural landscape histories about Washington, DC, A Washington Sketchbook and Rock Creek Park. Spilsbury has lived and worked abroad in Italy, Poland, and Guyana, and currently resides in Boston, Massachusetts.
Binding | EAN | ISBN-10 | Pub Date | PAGES | Language | Size | Price |
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Paperback | 9780989983877 | 0989983870 | 2014-04-15 | 238 | English | 0.00 x 5.25 x 8.00 in | $14.95 |
E-Book | 9780989983884 | 0989983889 | 2014-04-15 | 238 | English | 0.00 x 0.00 x 0.00 in | $9.99 |
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