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"Gouge and Bite, Pull Hair and Scratch": The Social Significance of Fighting in the SouthernBackcountry.Author(s): Elliott J. GornSource: The American Historical Review, Vol. 90, No. 1 (Feb., 1985), pp. 18-43Published by: American Historical AssociationStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1860747

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