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Pages: 280
Pages: 280
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-03 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster
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Pages: 260
Pages: 260
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-09 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster
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Language: en
Pages: 432
Pages: 432
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-01-01 - Publisher: University of Texas Press
Larry McMurtry declares, "Texas itself doesn't have anything to do with why I write. It never did." Horton Foote, on the other hand, says, "I've just never had
Language: en
Pages: 269
Pages: 269
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