Arkansas

Bo Zarts

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3. Charles Portis' "The Dog of the South," which was set in Arkansas and Central America.

Mon Jan 22, 2024, 05:02 PM

Jan 2024

I actually reviewed this book in the Houston Chronicle in about 1980. At the time, I was doing some freelance book reviews for the Chronicle's book editor, George Christian, who had been White House Press Secretary under LBJ from 1966 to 1969.

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