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I ordered this book from a local bookstore in 1984 because I heard about it in a book or a movie I saw, but I can’t remember which since it was so long ago.

Four months later I got a call from the store telling me it came in and quoting me an exorbitant price to pick it up. I never did, and I’m sure they didn’t have any difficulty selling it off the shelf.

Coincidentally, just a short while later, I got a phone call from an Army recruiter asking me if I was interested in JROTC. I think I was put on some kind of watchlist for ordering the book.




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