death_date birth_place nationality birth_date genre article_title name occupation
1 june 1996 troy , alabama american 28 december 1928 southern literature jesse hill ford
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jesse hill ford

jesse hill ford -lrb- december 28 , 1928 -- june 1 , 1996 -rrb- was an american writer of southern literature , best known for his critical and commercial success in short fiction as well as the novels `` mountains of gilead '' and `` the liberation of lord byron jones '' .
