Texas has a tight cohesiveness perhaps stronger than any other section…

John Steinbeck
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Texas has a tight cohesiveness perhaps stronger than any other section of America. ✨ John Steinbeck (1980). Travels with Charley in Search of America, p.125, Penguin
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