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- ↑ Murphy, Maureen (2000). "Clara M. Thompson". In Benbow-Pfalzgraf, Taryn (ed.). American women writers : a critical reference guide : from colonial times to the present (2nd ed.). Detroit: St. James Press. ISBN 9781558624290. OCLC 42027536.
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