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Holding on

Based on the award-winning National Public Radio series The American Folklife Radio Project, this illustrated tribute to America's greatest characters offers wonderful profiles of 50 illuminating and remarkable people who prevailed against all odds to hold on to their unique ways of life. 50 photos.

Subject
biography
Themes
art
Setting
20th centuryUSA
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 216 pages
Form
essays

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