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Plains Song

by Wright Morris · 1980

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Wright Morris (1910-1998) wrote thirty-three books, including The Home Place, also available in a Bison Books edition, and Field of Vision, which won the National Book Award. Charles Baxter is a professor of English at the University of Michigan and the author of numerous works, including The Feast of Love.

Themes
womenwomenMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1980s1980sMore like thisLess of thisGreat PlainsGreat PlainsMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 229 pages

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