Briar Patch

Article summary

Briar Patch or variants may refer to: * a thicket formed by thorny plants * Briar Patch, a place in the fictional Br'er Rabbit stories * Briar Patch (Star Trek), a fictional region of space * "Briar Patch", a 1989 story by Dean Ing in the Man-Kzin Wars series * "Briarpatch", a song by Devin the Dude from the 2004 album To tha X-Treme * Briar Patch, a character in The Charmkins TV Special. * The Briar Patch, a 1973 book by Murray Kempton about the trial of the Panther 21 * Briarpatch, a Canadian news magazine * Briarpatch, a 1984 novel by Ross Thomas ** Briarpatch (TV series), an American TV series based on the novel * Briarpatch, a 2011 novel by Tim Pratt

Key claims

1. date of formation: 1989 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371169775