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Biltmore Oswald, by J. Thorne Smith, Jr.
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Title: Biltmore Oswald The Diary of a Hapless Recruit
Author: J. Thorne Smith, Jr.
Release Date: September 3, 2005 [EBook #16634]
Language: English
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BILTMORE OSWALD
THE DIARY OF A HAPLESS RECRUIT
BY
J. THORNE SMITH, JR. U.S.N.R.F.
WITH 31 ILLUSTRATIONS IN BLACK-AND-WHITE
BY
RICHARD DORGAN ("Dick Dorgan") U.S.N.R.F.
[Illustration]
NEW YORK
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1918, by
Frederick A. Stokes Company All Rights Reserved
Reprinted from THE BROADSIDE A JOURNAL FOR THE NAVAL RESERVE FORCE
DEDICATION
To my buddies, an unscrupulous, clamorous crew of pirates, as loyal and generous a lot as ever returned a borrowed dress jumper with dirty tapes; to numerous jimmy-legs and P.O.'s whose cantankerous tempers have furnished me with much material for this book; and also to a dog, an admirable dog whom I choose to call Mr. Fogerty, with apologies to this d