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Saint Patrick, by William Fitzgerald Jenkins
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Title: Attention Saint Patrick
Author: William Fitzgerald Jenkins
Release Date: November 10, 2007 [EBook #23439]
Language: English
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Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from Astounding Science Fiction, January, 1960. Extensive research did not reveal any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.
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[Illustration]
ATTENTION SAINT PATRICK
By
MURRAY LEINSTER (Pseudonym of William Fitzgerald Jenkins)
Illustrated by Bernklau
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