Annie Proulx, 55 Miles to the Gas Pump

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Annie Proulx

55 Miles to the Gas Pump (Literature To Go, p. 327)

Listen to “55 Miles to the Gas Pump,” read by Campbell Scott.

Reproduced with the permission of Simon & Schuster Audio, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., from Close Range: Wyoming Stories by Annie Proulx. Copyright © 1999 by Dead Line, Ltd. (P) 1999 Simon & Schuster, Inc. All rights reserved.

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