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Also Known As	Thomas Francis McGuane, III
Born	December 11, 1939 (age 85) • Wyandotte • Michigan
Notable Works	“An Outside Chance” • “Cloudbursts” • “Crow Fair” • “Driving on the Rim” • “Gallatin Canyon” • “Keep the Change” • “Ninety-two in the Shade” • “Nobody’s Angel” • “Nothing but Blue Skies” • “Panama” • “Some Horses” • “Something to Be Desired” • “The Bushwhacked Piano” • “The Cadence of Grass” • “The Longest Silence: A Life in Fishing” • “The Sporting Club” • “To Skin a Cat”

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