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NINETEEN THIRTY-EIGHT by JOHN BERRYMAN

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First Line: ACROSS THE FRONTIERS OF THE HELPLESS WORLD
Last Line: CRIMINAL, TO STAND AS WARNING
Subject(s): SPANISH CIVIL WAR (1936-1939);

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