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- ↑ Lehrer, Steven (2006). Bring 'Em Back Alive: The Best of Frank Buck. Texas Tech University press. pp. x–xi. ISBN 0-89672-582-0.
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- ↑ Eileen S. Quigley. International motion picture almanac, Volume 48. Quigley Publications, 1938