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Take Texas the way Texas takes bourbon. Straight. It goes down easier.

Edna Ferber

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Edna Ferber
Age: 80 †
Born: 1887
Born: August 15
Died: 1968
Died: April 16
Journalist
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
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Appleton
Wisconsin
Texas
Straight
Easier
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Bourbon

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