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    Ma Pettengill
    Ma Pettengill
    Ma Pettengill
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    Ma Pettengill

    By Harry Leon Wilson

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 27, 2013
    Ma Pettengill
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    Harry Leon Wilson

    Harry Leon Wilson was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his novels Ruggles of Red Gap and Merton of the Movies.

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