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    Gator Pie and Love Songs
    Gator Pie and Love Songs
    Gator Pie and Love Songs
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    Gator Pie and Love Songs

    By Joe Shepard

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateJun 21, 2011
    ISBN9781462893492
    Gator Pie and Love Songs
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    Joe Shepard

    Joe Shepard is retired from the U.S. Air Force and from a civilian career in the U.S. Army as an Instructional Systems Specialist. He graduated from Minot State University, North Dakota and lives in Toano, Virginia with his wife, Sheila. He spends his time playing guitar and singing with his gray-haired jam group, reading, writing, studying the Bible, traveling, staying active, laboring in Sheila’s garden, and watching old movies.

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