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- ↑ "Glasscock, Sarah, 1952–" Library of Congress Authorities (lccn.loc.gov). Retrieved 2015-09-22.
- ↑ The Cradle of Texas History Stories (1937) and Dreams of An Empire (1951).
- ↑ Glasscock helped prepare for publication the manuscript for Green's last novel, Little Saint , after her death in 1996.
- ↑ Fae Myenne Ng, Mary Pat Champeau, Virginia Dooley, Patricia Page, and Joyce Mallory
- ↑ "Graduate School - The University of Texas at Austin". www.utexas.edu.
- ↑ L.A.Times book Review:http://articles.latimes.com/1988-11-28/news/vw-420_1_small-town
- ↑ Kirkus Review book review: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/sarah-glasscock/anna-lmno/
- ↑ Bookverdict book review: http://bookverdict.com/details.xqy?uri=Product-66681157578337.xml
- ↑ See Amazon or WorldCat for list of approx. 32 books.
