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3 picks · 1970–1978

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II-THE SEARCH
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PROFILE of Walker Percy, writer & philosopher. By 1958 Percy was determined to tie his philosophical ideas down firmly & give them the life that a novel …

UNA ANCIANA
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PROFILE of Dolores Garcia, who lives with her husband Domingo in a small adobe house in New Mexico. Both are 83 years old; they are Mexican-Americans. …

I-THE MEASURE OF MAN
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PROFILE of German-born (1902) psychoanalyst Erik H. Erikson, author of the book "Childhood and Society." Relates his theories & work with troubled & normal…