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    Still Searching for Eden: Poems and Songs for the Lost Soul in Each of Us
    Still Searching for Eden: Poems and Songs for the Lost Soul in Each of Us
    Still Searching for Eden: Poems and Songs for the Lost Soul in Each of Us
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    Still Searching for Eden: Poems and Songs for the Lost Soul in Each of Us

    By John A. Murray

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    What happens if you combine history with the personal thoughts from a couples lifelong diary and journal entries and the creative writings of a modern-dayahemauthor? This is exactly what you will discover within the pages of this story. Come and take a trip through a combination of songs, poetry, personal thoughts, and a small expedition through a few historical events that you may not have learned about in school. It all begins with the renovation of an old Victorian house built in 1904 in Paris, Texas. This is book number 2 in the Still Searching series currently underway by Mr. Murray.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateMay 30, 2017
    ISBN9781543426496
    Still Searching for Eden: Poems and Songs for the Lost Soul in Each of Us
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    John A. Murray

    John A. Murray is the author or editor of forty books, including Cinema Southwest, which received the Southwest Book Award, and Mythmakers of the West, recipient of the Colorado Book Award. He lives in Denver.

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