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Taps for Private Tussie

by Jesse Stuart, James M. Gifford · 1943

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Teenage Sid Tussie sees big changes in his poor Kentucky family when they receive $10,000 insurance money for the death of his uncle in World War II and other greedy relatives scramble to share the wealth.

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1940s1940sMore like thisLess of thisAmerican SouthAmerican SouthMore like thisLess of thisKentuckyKentuckyMore like thisLess of this
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adult
Length
medium · 255 pages

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