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I’m looking for any facts, anecdotes, letters, or legends to include in a book I’m writing on the social and cultural history of fencing and swordplay entitled By Way of the Sword.
Please respond to Richard Cohen, 8 East 83rd Street, Apt. 2A, New York, NY 10028 (e-mail: racohen99@aol.com).
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