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The four horsemen of the prairie are tornado, locust, drought, and fire, and the greatest of these is fire, a rider with two faces because for everything taken, it makes a return in equal measure.

William Least Heat-Moon

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William Least Heat-Moon
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: August 27
Historian
Writer
Kansas City
Missouri
Greatest
Tornadoes
Fire
Prairie
Four
Rider
Taken
Drought
Faces
Riders
Makes
Measure
Locust
Two
Equal
Tornado
Everything
Return
Horsemen

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