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‘The Land of the Permanent Wave’ Is Bud Shrake’s Classic Take on ‘60s Texas

The Real Beehive State

In the '60s South, long hair was a signifier and a deal breaker for men. In East Texas, they took this up a notch, as Bud Shrake discovered when Mrs. Shrake got ostracized, too.

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