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Does the electronic version of the book completely replace the paper version. They have to travel over 300 miles with nasty weather because of the winter beginning. In the book guns for general washington the main character william knox and his brother henry knox which they are also soldiers in the continental army come up with the idea to bring george washington or general washington 183 cannons and other supplies. Reit was the creator, with cartoonist joe oriolo, of the character casper the friendly ghost. Please note that the lexile measures for a small population of books have been recently updated. This story is a testament to the many virtues of the human spirit.
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