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The Decline and Fall of Breakfast
Gone is the Muffin Man, gone the rightly crisped rasher. The day of the Danish is come. Where did it all begin, and how long, Oh Lord, how long?
December
1
1962
CLEVELAND AMORY
The Decline and Fall of Breakfast
CLEVELAND AMORY
December
1
1962
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The Decline and Fall of Breakfast
Gone is the Muffin Man, gone the rightly crisped rasher. The day of the Danish is come. Where did it all begin, and how long, Oh Lord, how long?
December
1
1962
CLEVELAND AMORY
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