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Keep Your Duffel Light
If you don’t enjoy sleeping in a sack, ignore all the experts and take your blankets straight
July
1
1939
CHARLES B. ROTH
Keep Your Duffel Light
CHARLES B. ROTH
July
1
1939
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Keep Your Duffel Light
If you don’t enjoy sleeping in a sack, ignore all the experts and take your blankets straight
July
1
1939
CHARLES B. ROTH
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