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THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH
. Copyright Â© 1942 by Thornton Niven Wilder. Copyright renewed Â© 1970, the Wilder Family LLC. Foreword copyright Â© 2003 by Paula Vogel. Afterword copyright Â© 2003 by Tappan Wilder. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this ebook on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins ebooks.

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Wilder, Thornton.

The skin of our teeth / Thornton Wilder.

Â Â Â Â p. cm.â(Perennial classics)

ISBN 0-06-008893-1

Epub Edition Â© FEBRUARY 2014 ISBN: 9780062232717

1. World historyâDrama. I. Title. II. Perennial classic.

PS3545.I345S5Â 2003

813'.52âdc21

2002044993

03Â Â 04Â Â 05Â Â 06Â Â 07Â Â WB/RRDÂ Â 10Â Â 9Â Â 8Â Â 7Â Â 6Â Â 5Â Â 4Â Â 3Â Â 2Â Â 1

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