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America by Land

by Robert Olmstead · 1993

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A breakthrough novel of love and loss along the American roadscape—from "one of the most original voices in contemporary fiction, and one of the best" (Howard Frank Mosher). America by Land is a brooding, passionate novel of two star-crossed cousins and their odyssey across America.

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1990s1990sMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 239 pages

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