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At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged.
Bobbie Ann Mason

Born: May 1, 1940 (age 84)
Bio: Bobbie Ann Mason is an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and literary critic from Kentucky.
Known for:
- In Country (1985)
- Shiloh and Other Stories (1982)
- Feather Crowns (1993)
- The Girl in the Blue Beret: A Novel (2011)
- Clear Springs (1999)