Copyright © 1999 by Daniel Keyes
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First published by Challenge Press, 2000
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Keyes, Daniel.
Algernon, Charlie, and I: a writer's journey/Daniel Keyes.—1st Harvest ed.
p. cm.—(A Harvest book)
ISBN 0-15-602999-5
ISBN-13 978-0-15-602999-5
1. Keyes, Daniel. Flowers for Algernon—Sources. 2. People with mental
disabilities in literature. 3. People with mental disabilities—Fiction.
4. Gifted persons—Fiction. 5. Brain—Surgery—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3561.E769F56 2004b
813'.54—dc22 2004011445
Text set in AGaramond
Designed by Cathy Riggs
Printed in the United States of America
First Harvest edition 2004
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