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"In a few days, according to camp theory, everyone would find his group, his home far from home, and his achievement level as well, for the laws of temperament and competition inevitably separated the deviant from the normal, the losers from the winners."
Chap. 1, p. 5
"'Send Us a Boy—We'll Send You a Cowboy!' was the camp slogan."
Chap. 2, p. 16
"Cotton's group was unique. They moved in with him because no one else would have them. They were known variously as the Weirds, the Screwups, the Locos. They were the bottom of the barrel."
Chap. 2, p. 17
"They strained against the pickup for minutes, it seemed, and as they tuckered out, as despair sapped them more quickly, even, than exertion, one by one they dropped out, winded, till only Cotton's intransigence held the vehicle in place."
Chap. 3, p. 22
"By camp custom, the Director announced, the team in...
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