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    Mother America
    Mother America
    Mother America
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    Mother America

    By Sam McClatchie and Dan Adkins

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 26, 2013
    Mother America

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      Mother America - Sam McClatchie

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of Mother America, by Sam McClatchie

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      Title: Mother America

      Author: Sam McClatchie

      Illustrator: Dan Adkins

      Release Date: August 3, 2008 [EBook #26180]

      Language: English

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      When a country is as champion-conscious as America, it's surprising that no one has yet developed the ultimate contest. Dr. McClatchie, whose recent novel, The Last Vial, established him as a top-ranking sf writer, now tells us the engaging story of the geneticists' search for ...

      Mother America

      By SAM McCLATCHIE, M.D.

      Illustrated by ADKINS

      The tall young man faded back quickly, poised for an instant and then threw a long high pass. The crowd came up roaring. Twenty yards from the goal line a smaller, sturdier player swerved quickly around the end and took the pass in his stride. With a beautiful curving run he tricked the fullback, crossed the line and then, showing no sign of effort, trotted back up the field and threw the ball to the umpire.

      Wonderful! What a magnificent runner that lad is! You're lucky to have him, George. The speaker, a trimly built, athletic man in his middle forties turned to his companion, talking loudly above the buzz of the crowd.

      George Turner nodded agreement. We are. Every other University in the States was after him. He's the first Boy America you know. We've been watching him for years.

      The first Boy America? John Harmon echoed in surprise. I didn't know that. You did say Boy America ... not All American?

      He's both; All American in football and a Boy America too.

      The gun signalled the end of the game and the two men rose from their box seats to go out. Directly below them the players trotted quickly towards the dressing rooms. Harmon leaned over to watch.

      There he is now. A fine-looking boy too! He studied the young man's face intently. Y'know he reminds me of somebody ... somebody I know well, but I can't put my finger on it.

      "I'm

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