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‘A Certain Grain of Stupidity’

In 1961, on a barrier island off the coast of Georgia, Eleanor "Sandy" Torrey West and her husband founded a residency, the Ossabaw Island Project (OIP).

‘A Certain Grain of Stupidity’

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In 1961, on a barrier island off the coast of Georgia, Eleanor "Sandy" Torrey West and her husband founded a residency, the Ossabaw Island Project (OIP).

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In 1961, on a barrier island off the coast of Georgia, Eleanor "Sandy" Torrey West and her husband founded a residency, the Ossabaw Island Project (OIP).

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