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Title: The Only Thing That Counts: The Ernest Hemingway / Maxwell Perkins Correspondence, 1925-1947.(Review)
Author: John L. Brown
Publication: World Literature Today (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 2000
Publisher: University of Oklahoma
Volume: 74Issue: 1Page: 171

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