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THE ALLURE OF Montana is like a commitment to a narcotic you can never use it up or get enough of it. Its wilderness areas probably resemble the earth on the first day of creation.

James Lee Burke

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James Lee Burke
Age: 87
Born: 1936
Born: December 5
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