Sturdy Oak
Author: last_name: Various
Language: English
Year: 1917

At a certain committee meeting held in the spring of 1916, it was agreed that fourteen leading American authors, known to be extremely generous as well as gifted, should be asked to write a composite novel.<br />

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Third, to have the novel finished and published serially during the autumn Campaign of 1917.<br /><br />

The carrying out of these requirements has not been the childish diversion it may have seemed. Splendid team work, however, has made success possible.<br /><br />

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