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A book that is extremely difficult to find in this condition. Based in part on hemingways firsthand experiences in spain during the 1936 1939 civil war. For whom the bell tolls is a story about the spanish civil war narrated by an american protagonist fighting for the republicans that describes the struggle of the spanish people without glorifying the war effort. For whom the bell tolls by ernest hemingway first edition. Nice affordable antique classic edition a most collectible copy. For whom the bell tolls ernest hemingway first edition.
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