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73. There are two authors named John Muir

Wed Jun 23, 2021, 10:48 PM

Jun 2021

One of them wrote, among other things, "The Mountains of California," "The Story of My Boyhood and Youth," and "Travels in Alaska."

What did the other one write?

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