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When Mr Clackworthy Needed a Bracer - cover

When Mr Clackworthy Needed a Bracer

Christopher B. Booth

Publisher: Wildside Press

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Summary

Amos Clackworthy, conman deluxe, has a new get-rich-quick scheme using investments. But his intricately laid plans may come to nothing because he forgot to leave his latest mark enough time to get his money to Chicago from Texas!
Available since: 04/30/2022.
Print length: 39 pages.

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