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Page, Arizona, Shithead Capital of Coconino County: any town with thirteen churches and only four bars has got an incipient social problem. That town is looking for trouble.

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Edward Abbey
Age: 62 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 29
Died: 1989
Died: March 14
Author
Environmentalist
Essayist
Novelist
Philosopher
Screenwriter
Writer
Edward Paul Abbey
Social
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Shitheads
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Page
Incipient
Towns
Arizona
Pages
Thirteen
Trouble
County
Four
Churches
Looking
Capital
Church
Bars

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