Exposition
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Tennessee's partner chronicles and inexplicable bond between two men, Tennessee and partner, both crude, unfettered mining camp l men. the basis for their bond is never explained, but it's durable strength is revealed in the fact that their friend while survives a breach of its faith: after Tennessee runs off with his partner's wife, he returnes to Sandy bar and is welcomed back by his friend with out rancor or resentment. theirs is a friendship that transcends marriage tirs- at least for the protagonist, Tennessee's Partner.
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