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In Bakersfield, California, a Mexican strawberry picker with an income of $14,000 and no English was lent every penny he needed to buy a house for $724,000.

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Michael Lewis
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: October 15
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Michael M. Lewis
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