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The Romantic History of Doris Gwaltney

By Bill Ruehlmann

Port Folio Weekly | February 7, 2008

The Smithfield author hears voices from the grave. Literally. Or, more precisely, literarily.

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Tags: A Mirror in Time: History in First Person, Doris Gwaltney

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