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    The Catania Paper Bag Caper
    The Catania Paper Bag Caper
    The Catania Paper Bag Caper
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    The Catania Paper Bag Caper

    By Thomas M. McDade

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    Bill Dean, a sailor on the USS Ramply DD-810 strikes up a friendship with an oddball shipmate working in the scullery. Through the streets of Catania, Sicily, mysteries unravel and tangle for both men. This is not your typical drunken liberty port gob tale but there are of course, women, beautiful and unique and always Mt. Etna, observing. See also my Navy Poems on Smashwords, "A Ditty Bag of Navy Poems" and "Miss Inspiration and other Sailor Poems." There's also a short story titled "Independence."

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThomas M. McDade
    Release dateAug 15, 2017
    ISBN9781370861040
    The Catania Paper Bag Caper
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    Thomas M. McDade

    Thomas M. McDade is a seventy-seven-year-old former programmer/analyst residing in Fredericksburg, VA, previously, in CT & RI. He's married, has no kids, and no pets. McDade is a 1973 graduate of Fairfield University. He served two tours of duty in the U.S. Navy. tommmcd2000@yahoo.com

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      The Catania Paper Bag Caper - Thomas M. McDade

      Contents

      Title Page & Licensing

      Acknowledgements

      The Catania Paper Bag Caper

      Title Page and Licensing

      The Catania Paper Bag Caper

      By Thomas M. McDade

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2017 Thomas M. McDade

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

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