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Click here to view original web page at washingtoninformer.comAfter more than 40 years in public life, former mayor and Ward 8 Council member Marion S. Barry Jr., has finally written a book that tries to capture a full life that has taken him from the Mississippi Delta to Memphis to Washington, D.C.To many black Washingtonians, Barry, 78, is Washington because in the 40 years since attaining Home Rule, his name has stood out as the one that’s synonymous with the varied political fortunes of the …