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Michael meyer has taught writing and literature courses for more than thirty years since 1981 at the university of connecticut and before that at the university of north carolina at charlotte and the college of william and mary. Meyer was an adjunct professor of english at depaul university in chicago now retired. Of mice and men concentrates on a small number of characters as steinbeck tells the story of migrant ranch laborers in carefully detailed settings. Meyer, he was best known for his youngadult historical series the jacky faber adventures, also known as the bloody jack series. Founded in 1997, has become a leading book price comparison site. The character of don quixote has become an idol and somewhat of an. Michael j woodard sings maybe this time from cabaret. Koen book distributors top 100 books of the past century.
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