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- ↑ Douglas Spaulding is a protagonist in several of Bradbury's works, most notably Dandelion Wine .
- ↑ First published in Playboy (January 1957) and later anthologized in the book A Medicine for Melancholy .
- ↑ Lindbergs, Kimberly. "A Tale of Two Films: THE PICASSO SUMMER (1969)". Streamline : The Filmstruck Blog. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
- ↑ "Cover versions of Summer Me, Winter Me written by Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman | SecondHandSongs". SecondHandSongs.