Annie Proulx, 55 Miles to the Gas Pump
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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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