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Monte Dutton

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in Clinton, SC, The United States

April 08, 1958

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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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Those Blue Hose keep rolling along

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When football season started, hopes were high at Presbyterian College. The Blue Hose had improved from 1-10 to 4-7 to 6-6 in Steve Englehart’s first three years as head coach. They won their last four games in 2024.

Things were clearly looking up, but damn.

No one expected PC to beat Mercer and Furman. No one expected them to be

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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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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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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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Entertaining It didn’t add up in some ways, but it was a page-turner. I’m a South Carolinian but from another part. Perhaps I lack some insight of what makes the Low Country tick. It left me curious to learn more.
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