Copyright © 1994 by Rick Bass

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available on file.

Library of Congress Control Number: 2019930447

Cover design by Erin Seaward-Hiatt

Cover illustration: Winslow Homer, Leaping Trout

ISBN: 9781948924047

Ebook ISBN: 9781948924054

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