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Stephen Collins Foster

1826–1864 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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Dog on the Sun

Green, Paul · 1949 · University of North Carolina Press

Twelve short stories by playwright Paul Green, published in 1949. Settings range from the Cape Fear valley and Harnett County, where Green grew up, to Chapel Hill, where he taught at the university; several concern the rural poor of eastern North Carolina. Titles include 'The Girl the King Loved', 'Education South' and 'Such Stuff as Dreams'.

Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Cardinal record: Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864 -- Drama -- Programs.

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