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      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Swisher, Robert K., 1947-

      How far the mountain : a novel / by Robert K. Swisher Jr.

      p. cm.

      ISBN 978-0-86534-522-5 (pbk. : alk. paper)

      I. Title.

      PS3569.W574H69 2007

      813’.54--dc22

      2007001791