City Boy: The Adventures of Herbie Bookbinder

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Author: Herman Wouk

This is an alternate cover edition for 0006135749.,,’City Boy’ spins a hilarious and often touching tale of an urban kid’s adventures and misadventures on the street, in school, in the countryside, always in pursuit of Lucille, a heartless redhead personifying all the girls who torment and fascinate pubescent lads of eleven…..Read More

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