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This compilation, including the introduction and commentary, copyright © 2015 by Ira Brad Matetsky

The stories in this book first appeared between 1912 and 1918 and are reprinted with the approval of the Estate of Rex Stout. For original publication information, see
Appendix
.

The illustrations accompanying
The Last Drive
first appeared in
Golfers Magazine
, July to December 1916.

Cover design by Neil Alexander Heacox

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