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Writers, Gangsters and Things That Go Bang
Writers, gangsters and things that go bang, pretty much covered a young boy's life in Missouri. I became disorientated, stuttered and joined the library. "What yo' doin' here, boy?"
"I is jus' readin' a book, Billy Bob."
"What book might that be, Billy Joe? Not that bibly thang yo' momma sed ya should read? I should whip ya ass to Texas and back."
"Not according to this book."
"Was book is, thet?"
" 'On War' by Claus von Clausewitz.
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