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Michael Merschel: Michael Merschel is The Dallas Morning News books editor. February 2010
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Luckily, Randena Hulstrand at the Denton Record-Chronicle has been there more recently, to help the store celebrate its anniversary. Here is the story. How nice it is to read about a book business that is doing well. (Knock wood.) Congrats to owner Don Foster (pictured). For Larry McMurtry fans, note this nugget: Writes Randena Hulstrand: Larry McMurtry, the Pulitzer-winning author who owns several rare and collectible book stores in his hometown of Archer City, is always on the lookout for British history, contemporary and classic literature, he [Don Foster] said. "He's a good customer," Foster said, recalling an encounter with him during the accumulation of a collection from a book critic in Fort Worth. "Larry called and said if we went to get the collection, we could have what he didn't want," he said. "It was fascinating to watch him zip through boxes looking for things he didn't have.
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I went to college at UNT and the Recycled Book store was a weekly stop for me. I now live in Seattle, but have yet to find another book store that compares. I make sure to visit and pick up a book when I come home.