Were You Ever a Child?

by Floyd Dell

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Were You Ever
a Child?

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BY THE SAME AUTHOR

MOON-CALF, a Novel
THE BRIARY-BUSH, a Novel

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Were You Ever
a Child?

by

Floyd Dell

Second Edition, with a New Preface

New York
Alfred · A · Knopf
1921

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COPYRIGHT, 1919, 1921, BY
ALFRED A. KNOPF, Inc.

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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TO
THE SCHOOL TEACHERS
OF MY CHILDHOOD
IN TOKEN OF FORGIVENESS

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