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The Great American Gamble
A land, pioneered and stoutly defended by men willing to take a chance, inevitably takes to its heart the game of baseball
September
1
1944
PAUL GALLICO
The Great American Gamble
PAUL GALLICO
September
1
1944
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The Great American Gamble
A land, pioneered and stoutly defended by men willing to take a chance, inevitably takes to its heart the game of baseball
September
1
1944
PAUL GALLICO
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