The Legend of Jesse Smoke (46 page)

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Robert Bausch is the author of many works of fiction, most recently the novel
Far as the Eye Can See
. He was born in Georgia and raised around Washington, D.C., and received a B.A., M.A., and M.F.A. from George Mason University. He’s been awarded the Fellowship of Southern Writers’ Hillsdale Award for Fiction and the John Dos Passos Prize, both for sustained achievement in literature. He lives in Virginia.

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First published 2016

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ISBN:   HB:        978-1-63286-397-3

             ePub:     978-1-63286-399-7

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Names: Bausch, Robert, author.

Title: The legend of Jesse Smoke / Robert Bausch.

Description: New York : Bloomsbury USA, 2016.

Identifiers: LCCN 2015047028 | ISBN 978-1-63286-397-3 (hardcover) |

ISBN 978-1-63286-399-7 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Women football players—Fiction. | Sports stories. | BISAC:

FICTION / Literary. | FICTION / Sports.

Classification: LCC PS3552.A847 L44 2016 | DDC 813/.54—dc23 LC record available at
http://lccn.loc.gov/2015047028

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