Deformation Theory reference

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I was recommended a book by Oort sometime ago to read with reference to deformation theory, in particular in positive characteristic with hyperelliptic curves.

I couldn't find anything that seemed to be that relevant, I wondered if anyone would know what the book was?

Also, any general advice regarding deformation theory books would be much appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

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Mumford's Lectures on curves on an algebraic surface is a wonderful book, which develops ideas related to deformation theory (especially embedded deformations, as part of the infinitesimal theory of Hilbert schemes), and many other fundamental topics in algebraic geometry.