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Davy Crockett and Henry James, Jim Crow and Emily Dickinson rub shoulders in a work that inspired such later critics as Pauline Kael and Lester Bangs and which still has much to say about the America of Bob Dylan and Thomas Pynchon, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49677819379985,"sku":"CIN1590170792G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50392228004113,"sku":"CIN1590170792A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50612995490065,"sku":"CIN1590170792VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1590170792.jpg?v=1751374687"},{"product_id":"audubon-rare-book-constance-rourke-1626972476dpb","title":"Audubon","description":"1936. First Edition. 342 pages. Green jacket over green cloth. 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