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- ↑ Salvatore 1982: second edition: 2007 ( OCLC 71288745(all editions)); for a presentation of the second ed. by Salvatore himself, see: "Nick Salvatore: Eugene V. Debs: Citizen and Socialist". C-SPAN. 19 May 2007. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
