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    A Defective Santa Claus
    A Defective Santa Claus
    A Defective Santa Claus
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    A Defective Santa Claus

    By C. M. (Charles M.) Relyea, James Whitcomb Riley and Will Vawter

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateOct 1, 2007
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    A Defective Santa Claus - C. M. (Charles M.) Relyea

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    Title: A Defective Santa Claus

    Author: James Whitcomb Riley

    Illustrator: C. M. Relyea and Will Vawter

    Release Date: December 25, 2006 [EBook #20181]

    Language: English

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    A Defective Santa Claus

    A Defective Santa Claus

    JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

    With Pictures by

    C. M. RELYEA

    and

    WILL VAWTER

    INDIANAPOLIS

    THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY

    PUBLISHERS

    Copyright 1904

    James Whitcomb Riley

    December

    PRESS OF

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    BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS

    BROOKLYN, N. Y.

    DEDICATION

    To

    HEWITT HANSON HOWLAND

    WITH HALEST CHRISTMAS GREETINGS

    AND FRATERNAL

    A Defective Santa Claus

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