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To: Charles Henrickson
You should check out "Some Came Running" since much of it was set in Robinson, IL although it was given another name in the novel. I promise you will RAVE over it.

(No LCMS Lutherans were harmed in the making of that novel.)

2 posted on 10/21/2010 6:07:34 PM PDT by PJ-Comix (The Coupon Whisperer)
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To: bcsco

You should check it out too since it takes place in familiar territory. BTW, all the characters in the novel are based on real characters (including the main character). I did a lot of research on this topic and even ‘Bama Dillard was based directly on a real life person named Arkie Ashby. A big scandal at the time since the folks in Robinson, IL easily knew to whom James Jones was referring in the novel. I don’t think the schoolteacher was any too happy with the novel. Read “Some Came Running” (UNABRIDGED) and find out why.


4 posted on 10/21/2010 6:11:32 PM PDT by PJ-Comix (The Coupon Whisperer)
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