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    Way of a Rebel
    Way of a Rebel
    Way of a Rebel
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    Way of a Rebel

    By Rudolph Palais and Walter M. Miller

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 25, 2013
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      Way of a Rebel - Rudolph Palais

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of Way of a Rebel, by Walter M. Miller

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with

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      Title: Way of a Rebel

      Author: Walter M. Miller

      Illustrator: Rudolph Palais

      Release Date: May 18, 2010 [EBook #32416]

      Language: English

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      Way of a Rebel

      By Walter Miller, Jr.

      Illustrated by Rudolph Palais

      [Transcriber Note: This etext was produced from If Worlds of Science Fiction April 1954. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]

      No one knows the heart of a rebel until his own search for the reason of right or wrong is made. Lieutenant Laskell found the answer to his own personal rebellion deep beneath a turbulent Atlantic, and somehow, when the time came, his decision wasn't too difficult....

      Lieutenant Laskell surfaced his one-man submarine fifty miles off the Florida coast where he had been patrolling in search of enemy subs. Darkness had fallen. He tuned his short wave set to the Miami station just in time to hear the eight o'clock news. The grim announcement that he had expected was quick to come:

      "In accordance with the provisions of the Twenty-Sixth Amendment, Congress today approved the Manlin Bill, declaring a state of total emergency for the nation. President Williston signed it immediately and tendered his resignation to the Congress and the people. The executive, legislative, and judiciary are now in the hands of the Department of Defense. Secretary Garson has issued two decrees, one reminding all citizens that they are no longer free to shirk their duties to the nation, the other calling upon the leaders of the Eurasian Soviet to cease air attacks on the American continent

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