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    The One Who Grumbled
    The One Who Grumbled
    The One Who Grumbled
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    The One Who Grumbled

    By Jeff Miller

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    It took the brightest US Navy officers to crack the top secret Japanese Naval code 25, and Lieutenant Michael Holland was among the best. When Lieutenant Holland intercepts an eerie signal from a sunken Japanese aircraft carrier he finds that too much knowledge is not such a good thing.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJeff Miller
    Release dateMay 16, 2011
    ISBN9781458005410
    The One Who Grumbled
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    Jeff Miller

    Jeff Miller is a tall drink of water from Kent, Ohio. He is a big fan of snow, camping, taking steps two at a time, and LeBron James—but he likes writing books best. He lives and performs in Chicago, where he tells funny stories about working at summer camps and drinking far too much lake water as a child.

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      The One Who Grumbled - Jeff Miller

      THE ONE WHO GRUMBLED

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      Jeff Miller

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      THE ONE WHO GRUMBLED

      An electric latch on a cell gate clicked and a buzzer echoed across the cellblock stirring a sleeping old man in the cell. A guard stood at the open gate. You have a visitor, he said. The old man had not had a visitor in thirty years.

      The bunk at the United States Disciplinary Barracks in Leavenworth Kansas was not very comfortable, but the old man who lay upon it had known nothing else for over fifty years. Some inmates called this prison the hot house. The old man’s cell was always cold; he stayed under the covers most of the time. It was all he could do to make it to meals and back three times a day. If it were up to him he would only go to breakfast. He had been at Leavenworth for so long that most of the guards didn’t know why he was there.

      He turned back the covers, sat up, and slipped into his shoes. His arthritic hands fumbled with the laces. Finally he stood and shuffled out the gate, followed by the guard.

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