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A pound of paperthe weight, more or less of a bookis the peg on which baxter hangs episodes of autobiography. John baxter born 14 december 1939 in randwick, new south wales, australia is an australianborn writer, journalist, and filmmaker. Baxters memoir will be of great interest to serious book collectors because so much of the book conveys the insiders perspective. Delaware county district library ohio american libraries.
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