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Title: Land of the Burnt Thigh

Author: Edith Eudora Kohl

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Language: English

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LAND OF THE BURNT THIGH

by

EDITH EUDORA KOHL

Drawings by Stephen J. Voorhies

New York, London, Funk & Wagnalls Co., 1938.

TO
THE MEMORY OF
IDA MARY

CONTENTS

A Word of Explanation xxxiii

I A Shack on the Prairie 1

II Down to Grass Roots 16

III "Any Fool Can Set Type" 36

IV The Biggest Lottery in History 46

V No Place for Clinging Vines