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- Mosel, Tad, "Introduction and Act 1" All the Way Home: A Drama in Three Acts, Samuel French, Inc., 1961, ISBN 0573605254, pp. 3, 5 - ↑ Finkle, David (November 5, 2006). "'All the Way Home' 2006". TheaterMania. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
- Sommer, Elyse (2006). "'All the Way Home'". CurtainUp. Retrieved December 5, 2022. - ↑ ["'All the Way Home' Film"], TCM. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
- ↑ "'All the Way Home' 1971", IMDb. Retrieved November 29, 2015
- ↑ "'All the Way Home' TV 1981", IMDb. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
- "'All the Way Home' 1981", TCN. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
- "All the Way Home (1981)". The New York Times. December 8, 2015. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 5, 2022. - ↑ "All The Way Home, by Tad Mosel". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
