In all of his novels evaluated Richard Russo wrote things that fit into the theme of social roles in small towns. In "Straight Man," "Mohawk," and "Empire Falls," there are central male characters, William Henry Devereaux, Dallas Younger, and Miles Roby respectively whose lives and the one's of thos...

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During the early 1940's, a small landing strip was built into the dirt of the desert floor by Groom Lake, Nevada. Little did anyone know, this area of landing strip would soon turn into one of the largest talked about government secrets of all time. We now know this area of land as Area 51. The m...

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