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May 2008

Mountain Man

As part of his reporting on the Christmas Mountains story (“This Land Is His Land,” May 2008), executive editor Sam Gwynne traveled to Big Bend with Texas land commissioner Jerry Patterson in his private plane.

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S. C. Gwynne
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Apr 30, 2008
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May 2008
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