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John Clellon Holmes (1926-1988)
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Andie Mitchell, 40
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James MacGregor Burns (1918-2014)
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Esther Earl (1994-2010)
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Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
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Robert Grant (1852-1940)
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Brad Falchuk, 54
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Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)
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Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)
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Mary Jane Holmes (1825-1907)
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Henry Adams (1838-1918)
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Guinevere Turner, 57
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William Macdonald (1917-2007)
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Dennis Lehane, 60
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Richard Phillips, 70
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Richard Scarry (1919-1994)
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