“I can't remember how old I was, maybe 13, 14, and to see these fellows and hear their stories and to see life come to such a drab ending - my God, a poorhouse in those days was something. You would have to be inert not to respond to it.”

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1982

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Iberia; Spanish travels and reflections

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Caravanas/Caravans

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