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Where was the middle ground between a sense of adventure and just plain sense?

Richard Russo

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Richard Russo
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: July 15
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Johnstown
New York
Middle
Sense
Plain
Adventure
Ground

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