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Identifier: diaryofuboatcomm00kingrich (find matches)
Title: The diary of a U-boat commander
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: King-Hall, Stephen, 1893
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction
Publisher: London, Hutchinson & co
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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