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The Bronx to Bat Masterson

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The Road Yet Taken

  • Publication: East Hampton Press
  • Published on: Oct 3, 2024
  • Columnist: Tom Clavin
So I tell readers I’m from the West Bronx, and even that isn’t quite true. I can’t tell them I was born west of the Missouri River, or even the... more

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