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Word: bedder (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1954-1954
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...Francis Irby Gwaltney (207 pp.; Rinehart; $3), proves once again that a passel of li'l ole mental defectives can be pretty funny if they speak with a Southern drawl. Dim-witted Jack Winters, hero of this first novel, is constable of Walnut Creek, Ark., and a Bedder-which means that his folks were pore white trash who scratched out a living in a dry river bed. But Jack is proud of his gun and his badge; he loves to crank up the siren on the state police car, and his noblest ambition used to be to look like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mixed Fiction, Oct. 4, 1954 | 10/4/1954 | See Source »

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