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Hard scrabble : observations on a patch of land / John Graves ; new introduction by Rick Bass ; new afterword by the author.
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- ISBN: 0870744720 :
- Physical Description: xx, 271 p. : maps ; 21 cm.
- Edition: 1st Southern Methodist University Press ed.
- Publisher: Dallas : Southern Methodist University Press, 2002.
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| General Note: | Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1974. |
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Author Notes
Hard Scrabble : Observations on a Patch of Land
John Alexander Graves III was born in Fort Worth, Texas on August 6, 1920. He attended what is now Rice University. In 1942, he joined the Marine Corps and served in the Pacific. He was wounded by a Japanese grenade in Saipan, which left him blind in one eye. He taught English at the University of Texas at Austin for three years. He received a master's degree in English at Columbia University. He wrote numerous books during his lifetime including Goodbye to a River, Hard Scrabble, and From a Limestone Ledge. He died on July 31, 2013 at the age of 92. (Bowker Author Biography)
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