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  • Heed the Call

    by Russell A Beck, John A Boock ...
    In 1937, John Boock was a boy from Depression-era Minnesota with barely a hundred dollars to his name and an unshakable hunger to see the world.While his peers settled into predictable lives, John bought a one-way ticket to adventure, hitchhiking across America, working his passage across the Atlantic on a freighter, and cycling through a Europe on the brink of war.From the pastoral beauty of the ... Read more

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    Heed the Call

    by John A Boock Sr, Russell Beck ...
    Narrated by Digital Voice Marcus G ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 6 min

    This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In 1937, John Boock was a boy from Depression-era Minnesota with barely a hundred dollars to his name and an unshakable hunger to see the world.While his peers settled into predictable lives, John bought a one-way ticket to adventure, hitchhiking across America, working his passage across the Atlantic on a freighter, and cycling through a Europe on the ... Read more

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