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Book Title: Baseball's Greatest What if : the Story and Tragedy of Pistol Pete Reiser
Number of Pages: 298 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Sunbury Press, Inc.
Topic: General
Item Height: 1 in
Publication Year: 2021
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Sports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Dan Joseph
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
