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The Agony at Lake X
If you're up the creek with a dead engine, a log-dented hull, and a jammed steering wheel, don’t give up the ship. Things can’t be as bad as . . .
March
1
1963
The Agony at Lake X
March
1
1963
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PICTURED ESSAYS
The Agony at Lake X
If you're up the creek with a dead engine, a log-dented hull, and a jammed steering wheel, don’t give up the ship. Things can’t be as bad as . . .
March
1
1963
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