Sowing The Seeds Of Victory: American Gardening Programs Of World War I

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Book Title: Sowing the Seeds of Victory : American Gardening Programs of World War I

Item Length: 9in

Item Height: 0.5in

Item Width: 6in

Author: Rose Hayden-Smith

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Topic: Vegetables, Military / World War II, Military / World War I, General, Agriculture & Food (See Also Political Science / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy)

Publisher: Mcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers

Publication Year: 2014

Genre: Gardening, History, Social Science

Item Weight: 12.8 Oz

Number of Pages: 264 Pages