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Sweet Land: New and Selected Stories

The changing midwest as captured in new stories and select favorites by award-winning writer Will Weaver

Genre
historical fictionliterary fiction
Setting
middle west
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 208 pages
Form
short stories

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