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Green Gran of Wyoming by Mary O'Hara.

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The Hucksters by Frederic Wakeman. The

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Last Chapter by Ernie Pyle. Last story of

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Ml1treu Masham'• Repose by T. H. White.

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The Nazarene by Sholem Asch.

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Our Own Kind by Edward McSorley. About

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Spoonhandle by Ruth Moore. Love . ..

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Up front by BilL Mauldin. The famous G.I.

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The

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Favorite Works of Mark Twain. Best-known

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Fly Fishing . . . Frank R. Steel. Clear

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Modern Engll1h and

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The most readable writings of the last 50

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Seas of God. Edited by Whit Burnett.

49 short stories

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Story of Philosophy ... Will Durant.

The. epoch-making history of humans as

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Shakespeare ... for enjoyment, study,

reference ... the complete works of the

master poet and playwright.

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StorlH of the Great Operas . . . Ernest

Newman. How to recognize the music,

know the characters, enjoy the full

meaning of each work.

3 N 347-Clothbound.

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