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Farr, Sidney Saylor. 1999. “I Jumped at the Chance: Loyal Jones Interviews Sidney Saylor Farr, 22 September 1999” [Farr retires after fourteen years as editor of Appalachian Heritage]. Appalachian Heritage 27 (Fall): 9-25.
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