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Book Title: Come Up and Get Me : an Autobiography of Colonel Joe Kittinger
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 2011
Topic: Military / General, Military / Vietnam War, Military / United States, Military / Aviation, Military
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 14.1 Oz
Author: Joe Kittinger, Craig Ryan
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
