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"ref": "2002, Brooks Blevins, Hill Folks: A History of Arkansas Ozarkers and their Image, page 262",
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"ref": "2005 July 24, Michelle Cottle, “My Roving Barcalounger”, in Time, archived from the original on 2005-07-28",
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