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Prodigal Son Returns to Northwest Missouri Roots
Homer Cray recalls boyhood days along his old country road in northwest Missouri. He revisits scenes with the Kennedys Newt Mrs Kennedy and their daughters Ida and Lucy Harlan his boyhood friend reflections on a neighbor Delinsky and a gypsy horse trading episode. He remembers school debates spelling bees ciphering matches in the chautauqua tent and talks with Harlan about going with city girls.
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