Student Course Guide for the Writer's Odyssey

By Diane Martin, John Metz, John Mauk

The STUDENT COURSE GUIDE FOR THE WRITER'S ODYSSEY, Third Edition, is for exclusive use with the Dallas TeleLearning course, The Writer's Odyssey. An integral component to the course, the Student... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 113343407X
• ISBN13: 9781133434078
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.4" x 10.7"

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