In the Land of Armadillos

by Helen Maryles Shankman

  First Scribner hardcover edition February 2016

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Shankman, Helen Maryles.

  [Short stories. Selections]

  In the land of armadillos : stories / Helen Maryles Shankman. — First Scribner hardcover edition.

  pages cm

  I. Title.

  PS3619.H35474A6 2016

  813'.6—dc23

  2015023521

  ISBN 978-1-5011-1519-6

  ISBN 978-1-5011-1522-6 (ebook)