To Earl Hammockwho knows the value ofthe lonesome places
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Copyright 1940 by Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. Illustrations copyright 1949 by Pocket Books, Inc. This edition is published by Scholastic Book Services, a division of Scholastic Magazines, Inc., by arrangement with Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc.
8th PrintingNovember 1969Printed in the U.S.A.
8th Printing
November 1969
Printed in the U.S.A.