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"citation": "Carr, Archie. \"Eden Changes.\" In Born of the Sun: The Official Florida Bicentennial Commemorative Book. Blank, Joan, and Beth R. Read, eds. Hollywood, FL: Florida Bicentennial Commemorative Journal, 1975.",
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