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- ↑ Morgan, David R.; England, Robert E. & Humphreys, George G. (1991), Oklahoma Politics and Policies: Governing the Sooner State, Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, p. 270
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- ↑ Oklahoma Book Award Winners. Oklahoma Center for the Book. Accessed January 23, 2010
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