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The Riches Of This Land
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The Riches Of This Land
The Riches Of This Land by Jim Tankersley appears in NPR’s 2020 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around staff picks, nonfiction, the states we’re in, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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