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Books served to keep hard-won knowledge safe. They endured.

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Terry Goodkind
Age: 72 †
Born: 1948
Born: January 14
Died: 2020
Died: September 17
Novelist
Writer
Omaha
Nebraska
Terry Lee Goodkind
Keep
Book
Hard
Endured
Served
Safe
Books
Knowledge

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