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The Last of How It Was

by T.R. Pearson · 1987

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The last volume in an unforgettable trilogy (with A Short History of a Small Place and Off for the Sweet Hereafter)

Setting
1980s1980sMore like thisLess of thisAmerican SouthAmerican SouthMore like thisLess of thisNorth CarolinaNorth CarolinaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 352 pages

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