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    The Misplaced Battleship
    The Misplaced Battleship
    The Misplaced Battleship
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    The Misplaced Battleship

    Written by Harry Harrison

    Narrated by Edward Miller

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    The Misplaced Battleship is a sci-fi short story by author Harry Harrison, published in 1960. James Bolivar DiGriz, alias "Slippery Jim" and "The Stainless Steel Rat", is a fictional character and the protagonist of a series of comic science fiction novels by the same author. "Slippery Jim" is the listener's wonderfully sly, funny and resourceful hero in this entertaining and amusing work; where he has to investigate and*mdash;hopefully!—solve the case of a dangerous battleship floating around unaccounted for...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAudioliterature
    Release dateDec 9, 2016
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    Harry Harrison

    Harry H Harrison Jr. is a bestselling writer with more than 3.5 million books in print. He has been the subject of two documentaries. His books have been listed on the New York Times and Book Sense list of bestselling non-fiction trade paperback books for over ten years. They are also available in some thirty foreign countries.  

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