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Weeks later, a bemused Hackford called King again to confess they’d been unable to locate Little Tall Island, notwithstanding the hand-drawn map in the book’s front matter.

From Salon Mar. 23, 2025

At the risk of reading too much into a book’s front matter, it helps to know that Groff’s sister, to whom she dedicates the book, is superstar triathlete Sarah True.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 7, 2023

Introduction: The first section of a report after any front matter, such as an abstract or table of contents.

From Textbooks Dec. 21, 2021

Paging through this front matter feels like waiting for a haunted carnival ride to start, only to be wrong-footed.

From The New Yorker Oct. 31, 2019

By Kingsley Davis, Harry C. Bredemeier & Marion J. Levy, Jr. © on front matter, editorial introductions & comments on the various readings; 1Jul49; A34240.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1977 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office



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