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BOOKS BY NICHOLAS KALASHNIKOFF The Defender Toyon: A Dog of the North and His People Jumper: The Life of a Siberian Horse They That Take the Sword
THE DEFENDER by Nicholas Kalashnikoff illustrated by Claire and George Louden, jr. New York 1951 CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
COPYRIGHT, 1951, BY NICHOLAS KALASHNIKOFF PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. NO PART OF THIS BOOK MAY BE REPRODUCED IN ANY FORM WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
TO MY DAUGHTER