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Title: The U-boat hunters

Author: James B. Connolly

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THE U-BOAT HUNTERS

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BOOKS BY JAMES B. CONNOLLY
Published by CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

THE U-BOAT HUNTERS. Illustrated _net_ $1.50
RUNNING FREE. Illustrated _net_ 1.50
HEAD WINDS. Illustrated _net_ 1.50
SONNIE-BOY'S PEOPLE. Illustrated _net_ 1.50
WIDE COURSES. Illustrated _net_ 1.50
OPEN WATER. Illustrated _net_ 1.50
THE CRESTED SEAS. Illustrated _net_ 1.50
THE DEEP SEA'S TOLL. Illustrated _net_ 1.50
THE SEINERS. Illustrated _net_ 1.50
OUT OF GLOUCESTER. Illustrated _net_ 1.50
JEB HUTTON. Illustrated _net_ 1.20
THE TRAWLER. _net_ .50

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THE U-BOAT HUNTERS

by

JAMES B. CONNOLLY

With Illustrations

[Illustration: "Where you-all going?... Can't you-all see where you're
going? Keep off--keep off." [_Page 117_]]

New York
Charles Scribner's Sons
1918

Copyright, 1906, 1918, by
Charles Scribner's Sons

Published June, 1918

Copyright, 1916, 1917, 1918, by P. F. Collier & Son, Incorporated

FOREWORD

What a great thing if we could do away with war!

But men are not cast in that mould. We shall continue to have wars; and
some day the world is going to have a war to which the present will
serve only as a try-out