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- ↑ "BRLA Southwest Books Awards." Border Regional Library Association. 2008. Web. 26 July 2009.
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- ↑ University Communications. "Biography of Sen. Dennis DeConcini Receives Southwest Book Award." UA News [University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona] 11 March 2008. Print.
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- ↑ "Nominations Wanted for Southwest Book Awards. " El Paso Times 18 August 2007. Print.
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