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- Link, William A. (December 1, 1999). "Jack Irby Hayes, Jr. Dan Daniel and the Persistence of Conservatism in Virginia. Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press. 1997. Pp. xi, 258. $35.00 and Ronald L. Heinemann. Harry Byrd of Virginia. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia. 1996. Pp. x, 511". The American Historical Review : 1714–1715. doi:10.2307/2649452. JSTOR 2649452.
Notes
- 1 2 3 Sweeney, The Historian , p. 132.
- ↑ Sweeney, The Historian , p. 133.
- ↑ Link, p. 1715.
