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Current-Garcia was born July 8, 1908, in New Orleans, Louisiana. His parents were Joseph Robustiano and Bertha (Ehrhardt) Current-Garcia. He married Alva Garrett on June 18, 1935, and they had three children. He joined the Auburn faculty in 1947 after completing his studies at Tulane and
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Realism and romanticism in fiction : an approach to the novel
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The American Short Story before 1850: A Critical History.
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