The Colonel Swallows a Thunderbolt

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Overview:

Title: The Colonel Swallows a Thunderbolt
Author: Anonymous
Year: 1939
Type: Short Fiction

Editions/Publications:

Unknown. A Treasury of North American Folktales (Unknown, Anonymous, W. W. Norton & Company, ISBN-10: 0393047415, $29.95, xx+380 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)