Copyright © Keith Maillard 2006

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Originally published by Brindle & Glass Publishing Ltd. in 2006
with ISBN 978-1-897142-08-0.

This electronic edition was released in 2011.
e-pub ISBN: 978-1-897142-76-9
e-pdf ISBN: 978-1-897142-75-7

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Cover images: Cloud: istockphoto.com, legs: Alamy Images
Author photo: Mary Maillard

Acknowledgements: LONG TALL TEXAN by Henry Strzelecki
© March 2, 1959 ADAMS-ETHRIDGE PUBLISHING
COMPANY, transferred to and currently held by ISLE CITY MUSIC, ASCAP
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