A Hoboken Hipster in Sherwood Forest
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • This rip roaring romance is a blast in the past!
  • Delightful!
  • time travel romance love story and chick lit at its COOLEST!
  • Entertaining sequel to "A Connecticut fashionista at King Arthur's Court",
  • 3 stars
A Hoboken Hipster in Sherwood Forest
Marianne Mancusi
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ASIN: 0505526743

Book Description

If Chrissie Hayward knew that morning she'd be going back in time to rescue her crazy coworker Kat, she'd have worn better shoes. Doubly so if she'd expected to meet her true love. According to the mysterious gypsy, Chrissie was the "gentle soul who would tame an outlaw's thirst for revenge" -- aka the real Robin Hood. So how come the guy was such a dud?

LOST...IN SHERWOOD FOREST?

No, Robin of Locksley was no Prince Charming. And the part about robbing the rich to feed the poor? He didn't get the memo. In fact, all the guy seemed to do was mope. (And he and his not-so-merry men thought Chrissie was a boy. Sure, she wasn't stacked, but still!) Nonetheless, he was loyal and brave and handsome as sin. If Chrissie coudl just get him with the program, she could right his wagon and get these boyz'n the wood to be heroes of the realm instead of twerps in tights. Only then could this prince of thieves become king of her heart.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars This rip roaring romance is a blast in the past!.......2007-09-18

Note: This story is written in the first person which works surprisingly well in this comical time travel romance!

This story returns to King Arthur's Renaissance Faire in Upstate New York (present day), the starting point for Kat Martin's journey to Camelot in "A Connecticut Fashionista in King Author's Court".

La Style magazine fashion photographer Chrissie Hayward is already irritated with the missing "Park Avenue Princess" when she receives a disturbing (and unbelievable) cell phone call from said coworker.

Kat claims to be calling from the future with her medieval boyfriend Sir Lancelot, and Queen Guinevere (due to the famous misunderstanding which was apparently caused by Kat's need for secrecy) and needs help getting back home.

Chrissie thinks she's being Punk'd especially when she finds Nimue (a time traveling gypsy from Avalon), at Kat's request, and is told she'd have to travel back in time to the point of King Richard's return to England and bring back a drop of blood from the Holy Grail to aid in Kat's return. The gypsy sends her with a message about love and an outlaw bent on revenge.

Chrissie arrives in Sherwood Forest expecting to find Ashton Kutcher and instead who does she find? Could it be? Robin Hood in the flesh?

It is indeed Robin of Loxley but he's far from the legendary version. Yes, he's incredibly handsome but all that business about stealing from the rich and giving to the poor hasn't crossed his mind and he thinks the idea of putting his neck on the line to defend the helpless is just plain crazy. Worse yet he thinks she's a boy!

Fortunately for him Chrissie's fully prepared to pull Robin up by his bootstraps and mold him into the man of the hour. What she isn't prepared for is losing her heart to him. After all she's on a mission and can't afford to be selfish. Then of course there's the fact that her idol thinks she's his latest merry man.

Poor Robin thinks he's gender confused until she finally reveals the truth. Although he is relieved that he's not gone crazy, a woman's betrayal had been responsible for his outlaw status, and another had broken his heart so he had formed a pact with his men that no women would be allowed into their camp. Can Chrissie trust a love that must be kept secret and what will happen when King Richard finally makes his appearance?

As we all know Prince John is just a puppet for the evil Sheriff of Nottingham who is not at all pleased with all this new distribution of wealth. His accomplice however may surprise you.

This story is a hoot especially when Chrissie is drawing on pop culture for their strategies or through some rather extraordinary magic Kat and Chrissie are dishing about their men and predicaments on their cell phones. And don't even ask about the ladies-in-waiting, it's just a little bit too much déjà vu for our erstwhile fashion photographer! For a rip roaring blast to the past I highly recommend A Hoboken Hipster in Sherwood Forest.

Reviewed by Leslie Tramposch for PNR Reviews

5 out of 5 stars Delightful!.......2007-07-07

Chrissie receives a strange phone call from Kat stating she's stuck in the future. Kat insists that Chrissie must speak to the gypsy fortuneteller. However, the gypsy doesn't just zap Kat back to where she belongs, instead the gypsy sends Chrissie back in time.

Chrissie makes the best of the situation. She's thrilled to come face to face with the notorious Robin Hood, until she realizes he isn't even remotely similar to the hero she's read about in books.

However, Chrissie is determined to shape Robin into the man he was meant to be.

Ms. Mancusi's Robin Hood tale at times had me laughing aloud with the hilarious banter between Robin and Chrissie. Her heroine is a strong take-charge woman who cleverly urges Robin and his Merry Men to be all they can be. The hero is strong and honorable, very likable and not afraid to consider Chrissie's suggestions. This is a delightful fast-paced chick-lit tale!

5 out of 5 stars time travel romance love story and chick lit at its COOLEST!.......2007-05-26

i've read lots of time travel romances and rarely read chick lit, but i must say, the blending of these 2 elements by the author is unique, fresh, and wonderful!!

i won't summarize the story since the summaries are all here. Suffice it to say that i read the author's "fashionista" story (which was almost as good as this sequel) and the author blending the heroine going back in time in trouble with the fact that she can use the cel phone to communicate with her friend to discuss her man troubles (like in chicklit stories) is a nice supporting touch.

And i was surprised how the author turned this classic robin hood tale on its head with the edited addition of maid marion. How does the author resolve Robin's love of Maid Marion and his love for the heroine? well when you read about maid marion you know why!

and the author as everyone says puts robin hood at first in the not_so_heroic light when he first refuses to save a boy who would be punished bodily by the Sheriff for stealing food because his family's starving. And only the heroine stepping in to help moves Robin. But Robin improves when the heroine shows up and she encourages him to fight for the poor more and more and the poor look up to Robin and his merry men. And this sounds more realistic, esp. when Robin bans women from his merry band because of maid marion rejecting him once and another woman betraying them, so when he and Chrissie, the heroine, become intimate, he tells her sadly that he can't admit their relationship to the others because of his ban otherwise they'll turn to another leader, but this really turns off Chrissie as it would to any woman who wants her relationship acknowledged.

And i like the fact the author didn't make the heroine perfect. she's not a stupid innocent virgin and she becomes furious and reacts physically (smashes their love nest) when she thinks robin is still in love with maid marion just like a real you or me would have reacted even though we find out later robin has let go of marion and his love has grown for Chrissie.

and mancusi's books are SOOOO funny, always referring to teen angst, modern fashions/celebrities/situations with modern humor, so that we can understand exactly how we'd react in modern terms if we were in her shoes. in contrast to fashionista, hoboken's heroine is definitely a take charge type. You see this in the beginning when Robin thinks she's a man(because of how she's dressed) and challenges her to knock him off a log in water if she doesn't want to pay him his "tax". The heroine manages to use her gymnastics athleticism to knock him off and so he's surprised but liking her (as him).

DEFINITELY GREAT READING MATERIAL worthy of an award.

5 out of 5 stars Entertaining sequel to "A Connecticut fashionista at King Arthur's Court", .......2007-05-05


This highly entertaining romp is the sequel to Mancusi's equally amusing novel, "A Connecticut fashionista at King Arthur's Court."

Ever since Mark Twain wrote the brilliant comedy "A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court" other writers and Hollywood have mined a rich seam of humour from copying the idea of someone from the writer's own time sent back to Camelot.

Some of these have been very good. One of my favourite comic songs is "Busy Doing nothing" which comes from the first film version of Mark Twain's book. Others have been less inspiring. (For instance the film "Black Knight" starts well but gets increasingly tiresome.)

Marianne Mancusi's two books are definately amongst the more amusing of the genre.

Both books starts in upstate New York in the early 21st century at a mock medieval event called "King Arthur's Fayre". The editor of top women's magazine "La Style" has sent an assoicate fashion editor and a photographer to the Fayre to research an article about how medieval fashions are influencing the latest styles.

They are a mismatched pair. The heroine of the first book, Katherine (Kat) Jones, is the associate fashion editor, a Park Avenue Princess straight out of "Sex and the City" complete with the $400 Manolo Blahnik shoes and killer Armani couture which she insists on wearing despite the fact that "King Arthur's Fayre" is being held in a muddy field.

The heroine and first person narrator of this book is the photographer, Christine (Chrissie) Hayward, who is of course the Hoboken hippie of the title. Unlike Kat she is enjoying King Arthur's Fayre - or would have been if Kat would stop bitching.

Kat manages to annoy a gypsy fortune teller who threatens to cast a spell on her. Nobody else takes this seriously, but a few minutes later Kat is watching a simulated joust when the lance breaks, and a fragment flies towards her and strikes Kat on the forehead, knocking her out. She recovers in Camelot ...

Chrissie wasn't looking in Kat's direction at that moment, and this book opens with her searching for the absent partner she assumes has skived off. Then her mobile rings ...

Spoiler alert: it's Kat on the phone, having found a way to speak from another time, and if you read this second book as far as the call, it gives away the surprise ending of the first book. If you are minded to try these books, I strongly recommend that you read "A Connecticut Fashionista" first and then tackle "A Hoboken Hipster" if you like it.

What one can say without spoiling either book is that Kat needs help to get home: she asks Chrissie to go back to the gypsy (who is actually a sorceress from Arthur's time in disguise) to ask for assistance. At first Chrissie thinks Kat is playing a ludicrous joke or has gone off her rocker, but she goes to find the gypsy. Next thing she knows, Chrissie is sent back to the time of King Richard the Lion-hearted to find an item necessary for Kat's return.

Unfortunately she arrives while King Richard is still being held for ransom in a dungeon in Austria. Prince John and the wicked sheriff of Nottingham are running the country. Then Chrissie meets Robin of Locksley.

Robin is not remotely as Chrissie has imagined him, but nevertheless she finds herself falling deeply in love with him. There are three barriers in the way of her doing anything about this. The first is that she is due to return to her own time. The second is that he think's Chrissie is a boy. The third is Maid Marion ...

The style in which the story is told is a delight, and it is a funny, entertaining romp. Strongly recommended.

3 out of 5 stars 3 stars.......2007-03-02

A cell phone plea from her friend, if she can be called that, sends Chrissie Hayward to a Ren Faire fortune teller. Her friend, Kat, is stranded in the twenty-second century with Lancelot and Queen Guinevere (From A Connecticut Fashionista In King Arthur's Court), and needs Chrissie to contact Nimue and get a rescue going. Nimue is more than willing, but she needs special ingredients, among them a drop of blood from the Holy Grail, which was last seen in the days of King Richard the Lionheart after he brought the cup of Christ back from the Holy Land. So, Chrissie finds herself sent back in time to Sherwood Forest where she encounters Robin Hood the first rattle out of the hat. On the plus side, he's more handsome than some of the actors who have played him. On the minus side, he needs to get a clue about what he's supposed to be doing. He and the Merry Men have not gone in for the robbing the rich to give to the poor; they just got the first part right. He also thinks Chrissie is Chris, an eunoch, thanks to her lean build and pants. Since women are banned from the camp, that's an advantage, to a degree. Chrissie is able to become one of the Merry Men and get them on fire to be the heroes she has heard legends about, but that only makes life more dangerous. She has no idea when Richard will return from the Holy Land and Chrissie needs to stay alive and keep her secret from the Merry Men, though Robin did find out and a romance was begun, until the King gets back. Then, she can rescue Kat and go back to the future. But, does she want to?

*** Despite the somewhat annoying use of the first person, present tense narration, this is a fun read. The characters, mostly, are somewhat as expected, especially after they wake up to their destiny, but there are subtle differences that make them Ms. Mancusi's own renditions. If you enjoyed the original Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court or Back to the Future, you'll like this. ***

Amanda Killgore
Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest (Scholastic Junior Classics)
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest (Scholastic Junior Classics)
Ann Mcgovern
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ASIN: 0439236398

Book Description

In a time when laws were unfair and the poor were left to starve, Robin Hood was a friend to those in need. Ann McGovern¹s retelling of this classic tale transports young readers to an era of adventure and heroism.

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars a not so good book.......2007-03-02

I read the book Robin Hood. I do not recomend this book highly because I don't think it has enough action for a good plot. It does not backtrack that much so you don't really know whats going on that much. It is also hard to understand how everything works out in the end.

3 out of 5 stars Robin Hoods great adventures.......2005-05-18

Steal from the rich and give to the needy. This is the fraise of the notorious Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest. He is a hero to the poor and a menace to the rich. All knows him throughout Sherwood Forest. Him and his crew of marry men live by their own principles.
This is a good book. I would recommend it to any one who likes adventure. It tells many stories about how Robin and his crew came to be. It also tells about some of the deeds they do. This book has some interesting parts.
I think this was a good book because I have always liked Robin Hood. The characters in the book seem real because of the detail. This is a very old bt is interesting. This book has some good and bad parts to it. Over all I liked it better than most other books I have read.

5 out of 5 stars Read another tale of Robin Hood.......2004-02-21

I read the book Robin Hood Of Sherwood Forest. The book was written by Ann McGovern. I really loved this book. It is the second time I have read a Robin Hood book.
What happened in this story was Robin Hood, and his merry men did what they normally did, take from the rich give to the poor. The sheriff of Nottingham tried to catch Robin Hood at an archery contest but he captured Will. So simultaneously 40 of Robin's men took out bows and started to fire at the captors. At the Kings archery contest, robin and Little John won first and second place. One day a monk came into the forest. He did not state his name. However, latter he said he was King Richard!!!
I would recommend this book to anyone who likes Robin Hood. Because it is all of the legend but it has its own little twist and turns.

4 out of 5 stars Robin Hood.......2003-01-03

Robin Hood is one of the books I enjoyed reading. It has action, and adventure and a few historical facts. Robin Hood takes place a long time ago, probably in the middle ages. Robin Hood is the main character. He is handsome, brave and he has a bood heart and he steals from the rich and gives to the poor. Robin Hood has a little romance. For example when Robin says "I will win the archer competition and take the gold arrow and give it to the princess to be mine!" I would recommend this book to people who like action and adventure.

4 out of 5 stars Robin Hood.......2003-01-03

Robin Hood is one of the books I enjoyed reading. It has action, and adventure and a few historical facts. Robin Hood takes place a long time ago, probably in the middle ages. Robin Hood is the main character. He is handsome, brave and he has a bood heart and he steals from the rich and gives to the poor. Robin Hood has a little romance. For example when Robin says "I will win the archer competition and take the gold arrow and give it to the princess to be mine!" I would recommend this book to people who like action and adventure.
Robin Hood: Outlaw of Sherwood Forest, An English Legend (Graphic Universe)
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    Robin Hood
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • Who is Simon Green?
    • much better than the movie
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    Simon R. Green
    Manufacturer: Berkley
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    4 out of 5 stars Who is Simon Green?.......2002-05-28

    The ISBN number of this book is for Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves, The Official Movie Book by Garth Pearce. The book is a beautifully produced chronicle of the making of the Kevin Costner movie. Color photos, interviews, behind the scenes participants, etc. If you loved the movie, this is the book for you!

    4 out of 5 stars much better than the movie.......1999-09-27

    well, if you're familiar with other Simon Green books, this won't disappoint. The style is very similar to "Blue Moon Rising" and I swear Robin is a distant relation of Rupert's. It shits all over the Kevin Costner film - but why won't they do another printing run on it is beyond me.
    Seeing the Forest for the Trees: A Manager's Guide to Applying Systems Thinking
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Packed with Knowledge!
    Seeing the Forest for the Trees: A Manager's Guide to Applying Systems Thinking
    Dennis Sherwood
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    Systems thinking can help you tame the complexity of real-world problems by providing a structured way of balancing a broad, overall view with the selection of the right level of detail, truly allowing you to "see the forest for the trees". Only by taking a broad view can we avoid the twin dangers of a silo mentality-in which a fix 'here' simply shifts the problem to 'there'-and organisational myopia-in which a fix 'now' gives rise to a much bigger problem to fix 'then'. Seeing the Forest for the Trees will give you all the tools and techniques you need, with many practical examples as diverse as managing a busy back office, negotiating an outsourcing deal and formulating business strategy.

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    5 out of 5 stars Packed with Knowledge!.......2004-03-02

    This is an extraordinary, in the sense of out-of-the-ordinary, book. Flipping through it, you see page after page of loops and curves. At first, you might think it is a guide to drawing. And in a sense, it is. Most of the book explains how to use depictions of various types of loops to represent different kinds of business problems. Such problems never occur in isolation, because every business is a system, and everything that happens in a business has causes and effects that reach into other areas of the business and into the outside world. Author Dennis Sherwood is not peddling a simple notion, but rather is explaining "systems thinking," a method of analyzing systems and processes. We unexpectedly found this quite entertaining, written with a light touch and bound to give almost any manager some new, valuable insights. On the down side, the author probably could have delivered his core message more succinctly, and after a while his insistence on demonstrating and categorizing the species and genera of loops begins to seem, well, a bit loopy.
    Rowan Hood: Outlaw Girl of Sherwood Forest (Rowan Hood)
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    Rowan Hood: Outlaw Girl of Sherwood Forest (Rowan Hood)
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    Hurray for Rowan Hood, the girls' answer to swashbuckling Robin Hood! Rowan, a.k.a. Rosemary, is forced to disappear into the woods disguised as a boy after her mother, a woodwife with healing powers, is murdered by the local lord's henchmen. Ro's only option, other than "toiling in some lord's cabbage patch," is to find her fabled father, Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest. Along the way, this outlaw-in-training is joined by a motley crew of characters: a wolf-dog that catches arrows midflight, a giant of a boy with a spellbinding musical talent, and a runaway princess. Rowan finds Robin Hood and his merry men, but she soon discovers her troubles have only just begun.

    Packed with magic, valiant warriors, nasty villains, and edge-of-your-seat adventure, this story is also a poignant search for identity and family. Rowan is a fierce female protagonist with a good head on her shoulders. Girls and boys of all ages would be proud to name her as their heroine. Award-winning author Nancy Springer (I Am Mordred: A Tale from Camelot and many others) tells a riveting tale. (Ages 11 and older) --Emilie Coulter

    Book Description

    Rosemary has nowhere to go when her beloved mother dies. She has never met her father-the outlaw Robin Hood-and she's grown up among the woodland creatures her mother loved. So she decides to change her name to Rowan, disguise herself as a boy, and undertake a perilous journey through Sherwood Forest, in search of Robin Hood. But how will she find him? And will he offer her a home?

    "This tale is a charmer, filled with exciting action, plenty of humor, engaging characters, and a nice fantasy twist." (Booklist, starred review)

    "Rowan Hood reads like the first in a series, and teens are sure to hope that it will be just that, leading to many more." (VOYA)

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars Simple and Charming.......2007-05-18

    I'm a bit torn on this one...one the one hand I really got a kick out of this sweet little adventure, on the other, it's a bit over-simple and predictable. With Rowan Hood: Outlaw Girl of Sherwood Forest we are introduced to 13 year old Rosemary (who later changes her name to Rowan) who lives with her mother (a "woodwife" - herbal healer and considered by some to be a witch) alone in the woods. Her world is torn asunder when the local Lord's men show up one day and burn down their little cottage in the wood...and her mother along with it. She wisely weighs her options and decides she'd prefer to seek out her outlaw father Robin Hood. So, she sets out disguised as a boy and along the way becomes enmeshed in her own adventure complete with a half wolf, half dog companion (who can catch arrows in mid-flight); gentle giant (and fantastically talented minstrel); a runaway princess; and of course Robin Hood and his men.

    I liked the twist that the author came up with to explain who Robin Hood could so easily (and for so long) fool the Sheriff of Nottingham, it was cute, a little humorous, and I think appropriate. I'll be perfectly honest, I liked this book very much, except where I didn't...what I mean is that I (like many others) have a love of all things Robin Hood. So in that light, how could I not want to read this book AND how could I not fall in love with it? At the same time, this book is has fairly shallow characterization, the plot is pretty simple and easy to figure out, and it is almost TOO easy...BUT this isn't an adult book, it's a children's book, so this is forgivable. As an adult reading this, I can't help but think that there is a serious romanticizing of Robin and his men...that there would definitely be danger for young girls (or women in general) in the woods, this book paints Robin (and his men by association) as total gentlemen. Given the age range listed (9-12), the author probably could introduce some of the dangers that women faced (beyond what she did).

    In the end, I gave this book 4 stars - it's a very cute, easy to like (and easy to read) book with an interesting and enjoyable twist on Robin Hood tales, complete with heroes, villains, fairy tale touches, and just a little magic. I think the word charming best describes Rowan Hood, it's one of those stories that is a little too perfect, but it leaves you smiling anyway.

    5 out of 5 stars An awesome and unforgettable story.......2006-12-06

    When I read Rowan Hood, I was amazed by the emotional, detailed, and utterly unforgettable story. It's one of the most emotional books I've ever read. I enjoy the book because it's not like any other book I have ever read; it's hilarious, engaging, and filled with adventure. The characters were well developed, the plot was a page turner, and the setting was richly detailed. I would definitely recommend this book for anybody who enjoys fantasy style novels. Don't forget to check out the other books in this series, "Rowan Hood," "Lionclaw," "Outlaw Princess of Sherwood Forest," "Wild Boy," and "Rowan Hood Returns."

    3 out of 5 stars action packed .......2005-11-01

    It's about a girl who lose her mother and tries to find her father. She goes in to the woods to find the outlaws which her dads with. she sleep in the woods and a half wolf/dog which she becomes a friend with the wolf/dog. It was a action paked book.

    1 out of 5 stars messed up story.......2005-07-17

    This story is completely messed up. If anyone read the real Robin Hood book, they would know that Robin dies at the end of it. So, Rowan Hood obviously couldn't have been born, and even if she was born, she would be looking for her dead father.

    4 out of 5 stars A good story in the woods.......2004-04-29

    (...)I liked this story. I thought it was a really, really good book but not perfect. The only thing that kept it from being the best was that the author gave away too much too soon sometimes.

    Rowan Hood is about a girl whose house is burned down by a bad person (I'm not going to tell you who though since I don't want to spoil the story). The bad person goes on to capture and kill her mother leaving Rowan with only a father who she has never met and who lives out in the woods. Rowan is forced to use her toy bow and arrow to hunt for food to survive but eventually her skills get better and so do her weapons.

    My favorite character was Guy of Gisborn. He is a bad guy who hunts outlaws but he does a lot of exciting things that make the book more adventurous.

    I liked this book because there is a lot of adventure and surprises along the way. I would recommend you buy this book if you are into books that are set in the time of knights and archers. I think both kids and grownups will like this book.

    If you like this book, I think you will also like The Dragon Slayer's Academy series and the Deltora Quest series.

    I hope you like this book as much as I did.
    Woodland Ecology: Environmental Forestry for the Small Owner
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      Woodland Ecology: Environmental Forestry for the Small Owner
      Leon Sherwood Minckler
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      The Petrified Forest: A Play in Three Acts
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      5 out of 5 stars Intellectual masterpiece.......2000-09-16

      The petrified Forest is an intellectual tale with all the drama and excitement to whet anyone's appetite. The play takes place in an isolated cafe on the edge of the petrified forest, a symbol for the dying intellectual man. All the main characters are in some way a part of this tradition; the tradition of dying breeds-the outlaw, the dreamer, and the disilluioned intellectual. A fabulous play in every respect.
      The Secret of Sherwood Forest: Oil Production in England During Wwii
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        The Secret of Sherwood Forest: Oil Production in England During Wwii
        Guy H. Woodward , and Grace Steele Woodward
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        The secret of Sherwood Forest;: Oil production in England during World War II
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