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William H. Hooks


Born
Tidewater area of rural North Carolina, The United States

Director of Publications at Bank Street College of Education

He collects folklore and lives in New York City

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“I don't understand," Belle cried. "I gave you gold. You only gave me grief.”
― William Hooks, The Ballad of Belle Dorcas
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“There's still a question I must put to you," said the cunger woman. "Can you give up Joshua to keep him?”
― William Hooks, The Ballad of Belle Dorcas
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