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Account of the revelation of the traits of the people of Tunxis when they decide to launch a community-wide drive to rid themselves of marmots.

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Find out how war smells, looks, and feels to fighting men—and how courage grows from their desperate will to live. In five true stories of World War II— • Survival • The Battle of the River • Nine Men on a Four-Man Raft • Borie''s Last Battle • Front Seats at Sea War —a famous war correspondent takes you aboard John F. Kennedy''s doomed PT-109...into the horror of Guadalcanal...onto a death raft in the Southwest Pacific.

"War Lover follows Buzz Morrow, a pilot who glorifies war and his military duties. The author makes the point that wars exist precisely because there are men like Buzz who revel in them. At the same time, he also gives us a detailed account of a Flying Fortress crew based in England during WW II." --