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2021 selection · Nonfiction
Last Chance Texaco: Chronicles of an American Troubadour
Last Chance Texaco: Chronicles of an American Troubadour by Rickie Lee Jones appears in NPR’s 2021 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around staff picks, nonfiction, biography & memoir, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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