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Preface

• The editor explains the reason for the collection of short stories.

• The stories of Nick Adams had never been arranged into a coherent whole and their interconnection is unknown.

• The book contains a number of unpublished manuscripts.

The Northern Woods: Three Shots

• During a camping trip with his father and uncle, Nick recalls with shame how he had been scared thinking about how he would die one day when he was alone.

• Nick summoned his father and uncle back to the camp with three rifle shots.

• Nick's uncle is frustrated, thinking Nick is a coward but Nick's father is more understanding.

The Northern Woods: Indian Camp

• Nick accompanies his physician father to an Indian camp where he must deliver a baby from a woman who has been in labor for three days.

• Nick is frightened by the surgery and does not watch.

• Nick's father is told that...

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