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How I Left the Great State of Tennessee and Went on to Better Things

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Book Description
In the waning days of one of the most unrecognized American exoduses of the twentieth-century, millions of broken people have left the strip mines of Appalachia in search of better things. In 1961, two of these yearning souls-Dahlia Jean Coker, the teenage daughter of a sluttish mother and a deadbeat Daddy, and "Twitch," an ex-con descended from the legendary outlaw Younger clan-are looking for th... More
Book Information
PublisherCarroll & Graf Publishers
BindingPaperback (3 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages336
ISBN-10B000HWYT76
Publication Date02/29/2004
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About Joe Jackson (Author) : Joe Jackson is a published author. Published credits of Joe Jackson include How I Left the Great State of Tennessee and Went on to Better Things.
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