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Savage Country by Robert Olmstead

Savage Country

A Novel

by Robert Olmstead
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  • Sep 26, 2017, 304 pages
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  • Sep 2018, 320 pages
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"It takes all sorts to make a world," Michael said.

The old man took the bowl of his pipe in his right hand and pointed with the stem at the Kansas Land Office.

Excerpted from Savage Country by Robert Olmstead. Copyright © 2017 by Robert Olmstead. Excerpted by permission of Algonquin Books. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

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