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Penn, Hirsch head Into the Wild
By Staff Reports | October 11, 2007SEAN PENN: The quickest answer is Jon Krakauer's book. I bought the book and I found myself reading it cover-to-cover twice.
SEAN PENN: The quickest answer is Jon Krakauer's book. I bought the book and I found myself reading it cover-to-cover twice.
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