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Book Title: First to Jump
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Item Length: 9.2 in
Intended Audience: Adults
Modified Item: No
Subject: History
Edition: First Edition
Vintage: No
Publication Year: 2014
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Illustrator: Yes
Era: 1940s
Item Height: 0.7 in
Author: Jerome Preisler
Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Genre: Biographies & True Stories, History, Military, War & Combat
Topic: Army, Combat, Military History, True Military Stories, World War II, Military / World War II, Military / General, Airborne
Subjects: History & Military
Item Weight: 17 Oz
Item Width: 6.4 in
Number of Pages: 288 Pages