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Encyclopedia of Mexico by Michael S. Werner (Editor)
Call Number: Den Ref: F1210 .E63 1997 Vol. 1-2
Publication Date: 1997
Wars of the Americas by David F. Marley
Call Number: Den Ref 18.75 .M374 1998
Publication Date: 1998

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