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Monte Dutton

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in Clinton, SC, The United States

April 08, 1958

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Fiction, Historical Fiction, Crime

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Oh, I've lived in Clinton, South Carolina, for most of my life. I played on the state championship football team of 1975. I graduated from Furman University, majoring in both political science and history. I got accepted to law school ... twice, but couldn't convince myself to go either time.
Most of my career has been spent writing about sports, and most of that about NASCAR. Most of my books are about NASCAR, but my goal was always to write fiction, and the latest novel is my eighth.
I thought it perfectly honorable to be a struggling artist at, oh, twenty-five, but, though I didn't envision it at age sixty, I'm good with it. ...more

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	The Intangibles 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Hopes are high for (Rosman) Tigers

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Rosman slipped past West-Oak in a practice game (Monte Dutton photos).

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The Golden Skillet was jammed late Friday afternoon. I was the only person there who didn’t know everyone else there, and they were all talking to everyone else. I sat there, reading about Rosman High’s football team in the Transylvania Times, and then I drove down the road to watch it.

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The Essential Screenplay (3-Book Bundle): Screenplay: Foundations of Screenwriting, Screenwriter's Workbook, and Screenwriter's Problem Solver

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No ordinary time : Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt : the home front in World War II

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Monte Dutton rated a book really liked it Catalina Eddy: A Novel in Three Decades by Daniel Pyne (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I’m sure this review won’t be a big hit on the site analytics, but I’ve spent a lot of time reading lately and resolved to write about each one after I completed it. As I have stockpiled many books over the years that I haven’t gotten around to readin ...more
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Monte Dutton rated a book it was amazing Silver Wings, Iron Cross by Tom Young (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Millions fought in World War II. Thousands were taken prisoner. Thousands of works of fiction have been written. Silver Wings, Iron Cross by Tom Young thus becomes plausible amid the sheer numbers of the conflagration. If such a story never happened, ...more
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Monte Dutton rated a book it was amazing Petty vs. Pearson: The Rivalry That Shaped NASCAR by Mike Hembree	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This fine book is of particular interest to me because I wrote about the sport for 20 years, its author is a longtime friend and the subject is a favorite. I grew up watching Richard Petty race David Pearson. Mike Hembree did, too. He is a fine write ...more
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Monte Dutton rated a book really liked it The Miracle of Castel di Sangro: A Tale of Passion and Folly in the Heart of Italy by Joe McGinniss	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I don’t know where I got The Miracle of Castel di Sangro. I don’t remember when. I didn’t know I had it until I rummaged through a box looking for a book to read. I can only speculate. I may have bought it when I was interested in the World Cup, which ...more
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