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The Book Thieves  
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P °·’l · ”' GH e' an Appealing New Ilrstory .
In the fall of 1951, Clark began meeting on fm gr°d°s me °' ‘l"···  
some Saturdays with Charles R. Staples and _I.   1
Winston Coleman jr. t0 discuss history books and · . j l _   1
collecting. The group grew and its members sg.    ¤‘_ l  
adopted the name "The Book Thieves? ("We gljnericaig  ,   l
never had any formal officers, no talks . . . just _ ”   " )}"  
book talk and gossip/’) All members developed FVOTZUBV WZS E· _" HLJ . __ ._  
noteworthy book collections or wrote memorable   in   _     ·  
history books. Left to right, Samuel M. Wilson, (plmm pom L  Special    
Claude W. Trapp, john S. Chambers, J. Winston   `Hf) _[‘. _) C , A ly ‘j`f‘ l`
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Coleman ji., Frank L. McVcy, \Vlll1dl11 H. J / » _ { ;  
Towlnsend,f1`homas D. Clark, and Chlarles R.) Clark edited   lv Q · _.  
Ttap cs. Herman Lec Donovan was a so a mem- .AHlw_iCak ]_.mmiw_.. for I .
. XL children in grades 5 and  `
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abundantly illustrated   .., ,
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