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78 Cards in this Set
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winesburg, ohio.
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anderson.
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wrote about "grotesques," people who seize one truth, an idea, or an ambition, and allow it to become an obsession.
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anderson.
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grew up in clyde, ohio.
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anderson.
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called "jobby" because of the variety of jobs he held.
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anderson.
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windy mcpherson's son.
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anderson.
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influendced by masters's spoon river anthology.
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anderson.
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the triumph of the egg.
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anderson.
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horses and men.
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anderson.
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born in indian creek, texas.
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porter.
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flowering judas.
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porter.
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pale horse, pale rider.
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porter.
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only novel was ship of fools.
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porter.
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worked for the new yorker.
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thurber.
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my life and hard times.
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thurber.
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my world -- and welcome to it.
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thurber.
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"the secret life of walter mitty."
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thurber.
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created and wrote about yoknapatawpha county.
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faulkner.
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born in albany, mississippi.
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faulkner.
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durning WWI, he went to canada and joined the royal flying corps [he was too small to meet us enlistment req.].
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faulkner.
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first novel was soldier's pay.
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faulkner.
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as i lay dying.
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faulkner.
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the hamlet.
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faulkner.
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light in august.
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faulkner.
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absalom! absalom!
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faulkner.
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short story collection go down, moses.
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faulkner.
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awarded nobel prize for literature in 1949.
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faulkner.
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five men and pompey.
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benet.
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john brown's body.
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benet.
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born in oak park, illinois.
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hemingway.
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served in a red cross ambulance corps durning WWI in italy; was severely wounded and spent three months in a milan hospital.
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hemingway.
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called papa.
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hemingway.
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death in the afternoon.
[about bull fighting] |
hemingway.
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short story collection -- in out time.
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hemingway.
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the sun also rises.
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hemingway.
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a farewell to arms.
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hemingway.
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for whom the bell tolls.
[about the spanish civil war.] |
hemingway.
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the old man and the sea.
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hemingway.
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awarded the nobel prize for lit in 1954.
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hemingway.
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committed suicide in ketchum, idaho.
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hemingway.
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a moveable feast.
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hemingway.
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the green hills of africa.
[about hunting big game.] |
hemingway.
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awarded the nobel prize for lit in 1962.
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steinbeck.
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born in salinas, california.
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steinbeck.
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attended stanford and studied marine biology.
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steinbeck.
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tortilla flat.
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steinbeck.
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of mice and men.
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steinbeck.
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the grapes of wrath.
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steinbeck.
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the sea of cortez.
[with edward ricketts, he describes his marine biology expedition to the galapagos islands.] |
steinbeck.
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the pearl.
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steinbeck.
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the winter of our discontent.
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steinbeck.
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east of eden.
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steinbeck.
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travels with charley.
[an account of steinbeck's trip across america with his poodle charley.] |
steinbeck.
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a poet laureate of kentucky.
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stuart.
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harvest of youth.
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stuart.
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man with a bull-tounged plow.
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stuart.
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the thread that runs so true.
[an autobiographical account of his experiences as a teacher in ky and ohio.] |
stuart.
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born in jackson, mississippi.
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welty.
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took pictures and wrote about people from mississippi.
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welty.
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a curtain of green.
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welty.
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the wide net and other stories.
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welty.
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the golden apples.
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welty.
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delta wedding.
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welty.
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one time, one place: mississippi in the depression: a snapshot album.
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welty.
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the optimist's daughter.
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welty.
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the color purple.
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walker.
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born to sharecroppers in eatonton, georgia.
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walker.
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educated at spelman college and sarah lawrence college.
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walker.
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did voter-registration work in georgia and head start work in mississippi.
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walker.
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the temple of my familiar.
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walker.
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"sophistication."
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anderson.
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"the jilting of granny weatherall."
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porter.
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"the catbird seat."
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thurber.
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"a rose for emily."
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faulkner.
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"the devil and daniel webster."
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benet.
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"in another country."
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hemingway.
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"flight."
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steinbeck.
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"another april."
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stuart.
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"a worn path."
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welty.
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