Re: a handful of dust...

On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:06:21 -0400, "Francis A. Miniter"
<faminiter@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I too think Matthiessen's At Play in the Fields of the Lord
is one of the top books of the 20th C. This week I started

I looked for it for more than 10 years after seeing the film, and eventually
managed to get a second-hand copy. I thought the film was better.


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