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Looking back, History is what the dead say to the living, says 71-year old Al Purdy, whose first novel is about an explosion near Trenton, Ont
Looking back, History is what the dead say to the living, says 71-year old Al Purdy, whose first novel is about an explosion near Trenton, Ont

Looking back, History is what the dead say to the living, says 71-year old Al Purdy, whose first novel is about an explosion near Trenton, Ont

Date11/6/1990
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Original Toronto Star caption: Looking back, History is what the dead say to the living, says 71-year old Al Purdy, whose first novel is about an explosion near Trenton, Ont.
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