The garden of weapons : typescript, 1979 / John Gardner.

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The garden of weapons : typescript, 1979 / John Gardner.

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Original typed manuscript corrected throughout by Gardner with his holograph corrections, deletions, and additions in ink. Published by Hodder & Stoughton in England in 1980 and in America in 1981 by Viking Press. Second in the Herbie Kruger trilogy.

ca. 490 leaves in various foliations ; 30 cm.

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Gardner, John, 1926-2007

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John Edmund Gardner was born in Northumberland, England on November 20, 1926. In the early years of World War II, he was a drummer boy with the Home Guard and also worked as a magician for the American Red Cross Entertainments Department. When he turned 18 at the end of 1944, he joined the Royal Navy and then was transferred to the Royal Marines, where he served in Asia and the Middle East. During the war, Gardner became an alcoholic. His addiction grew while he attended Cambridge University and...