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Mississippi begins in a lobby of a Memphis, Tennessee hotel and extends south to the Gulf of Mexico

William Faulkner

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William Faulkner
Age: 64 †
Born: 1897
Born: September 25
Died: 1962
Died: July 6
Author
Novelist
Playwright
Poet
Screenwriter
Short Story Writer
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New Albany
Mississippi
William Cuthbert Faulkner
William Falkner
William Cuthbert Falkner
Begins
Memphis
South
Lobby
Extends
Tennessee
Gulf
Mississippi
Mexico
Hotel

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