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Eight years later, william hathorne, then 53, and william pynchons son john, 33, traveled together to the dutch fort at presentday albany to propose a plan to open a cattle operation in western. Before going to serve as one of the popular authors, pynchon served in the united states navy for a period of 2 years. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading v. Find a great number of classics in our collection of 300 free ebooks.
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