Bad Stories: What the Hell Just Happened to Our Country
Copyright © 2018 by Steve Almond
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No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without the prior written permission of both the publisher and the copyright owner.
This is a work of non-fiction, which is to say: a radically subjective version of events that objectively took place. I’ve changed a few names and identifying characteristics.
Book design by Mark E. Cull
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Control Number: 2017043371 (print)
ISBN: 978-1-59709-226-5
eISBN: 978-1-59709-223-4
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