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"The Memoirs of Baron De Marbo" is an autobiography of an officer in Napoleon's army. The best autobiography that I have ever read. Of course, it is only my second.
When he was a young teen his aristocrat father hid him in an all girls school. One day he took him from there and enrolled him at Saint-Cyr -the military academy. His father arranged for him to be tutored by an exemplary sergeant. Instead he was paired with the sergeant's twin brother who was a drunkard, fighter and woman chaser. The rest is history.
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When the Chiefs lose and I am sad I always think of the last words of my favorite uncle. "LOOK! A TRUCK!"
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