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All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Domingo martinez is a mexicanamerican author best known for his memoirs the boy kings of texas published 2012 and my heart is a drunken compass published 2014. Domingo martinez takes a trip back to south texas the new york. Discovering this name change was another interesting journey.
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