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| What would that be, except – | |
| A story from America’s western frontier, In the latter part of the nineteenth century, Our defining time and place. |
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| What would that story build upon, except – | |
| Western literary traditions back to the Greeks, McGuffy readers, Methodist hymns, Civil War memories, and human fallibility. |
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| What would that story be about, except – | |
| Stepping behind the curtain of daily needs and fears, To confront again how best to live this life and die, Through one man’s eyes, an Everyman. |
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| What would that novella be called, except – | |
| American Spirit | |
