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Archive Home > 2008 > May > 16 > Western writing icon Oakley Hall dies at 87

Western writing icon Oakley Hall dies at 87

By Mary Rourke / The Bulletin
May 16, 2008

Oakley Hall, an author and teacher whose novels set in California and environs helped define Western literature in the postmodern era and who also helped launch the literary careers of such prominent students as Michael Chabon, Richard Ford and Amy Tan, has died. He was 87.

Hall died Monday of....

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