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    Eliza Farnham
    California, in-doors and out; My early days; Ideal attained...
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    Hamlin Garland
    A member of the third house; Boy life on the prairie; Cavanagh, forest ranger...
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William J. Atkinson

Born:
Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: He attended school at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.

Biography: William J. Atkinson is a freelance writer.

Awards:

Primary Literary Genre(s): Non-Fiction

William J. Atkinson on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=william++j.+atkinson

Selected Titles

The next New Madrid earthquake :
ISBN: 0809313200 OCLC: 15054698

Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale : ©1989.

 

 

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