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Jim Baumer
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Jim Baumer is the author of Moxie: Maine in a Bottle and The Perfect Number: Essays & Stories Vol. 1. He’s online at jimbaumer.com
John Gould, E.B. White, Farmer Boys, Maine Books, Down East Magazine
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