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On the recordMay 9, 2018
I thank the gentleman for his kind words. Before I yield to our next speaker, I want to mention one of the things that Zell was famous for, and that was that he wrote a number of books. He was an author. In fact, the first book he ever wrote in 1976 chronicled, really, him growing up in the mountains. The name of the book was ``The Mountains Within Me.'' That book had a very special meaning to me, personally. You see, he talked about Young Harris College, and he equated Young Harris College to being like a shoe factory because things are coming out of there in pairs. That meant a lot to me, because that is where I met my wife. She was my chemistry lab partner. We came out as a pair and we have been a pair, and in September it will be 40 years. He also wrote a number of other books. I mentioned earlier that he wrote the book about his experience in the Marine Corps, ``Corps Values: Everything You Need to Know I Learned in the Marines.'' He wrote that in 1996. There are 12 chapters in that book, and each chapter is devoted to a particular trait that he developed during his years in the Marine Corps, for instance, courage, neatness, discipline, and pride. He also wrote another book, ``Great Georgians,'' that was published in 1983. Another one that he wrote was ``They Heard Georgia Singing,'' about all the famous singers who came from the State of Georgia--a great book.…
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John Rice Carter
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