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August 7th, 2007

Posted on August 7, 2007 by Chris Enss

It’s my dad’s birthday today. He recently went with me to Dodge City, Kansas on a research trip for the book I’m writing about the “most intrepid posse.” My real father left my brothers and I when I was about eight and never looked back. How blessed I am that I have someone in my life that wanted to be a dad and hung in there. It’s made all the difference in the world.

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