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Tweet"Brother Francis Gerard of Utah might never have discovered the blessed documents, had it not been for the pilgrim with girded loins who appeared during that young novice's Lenten fast in the desert."
Walter Miller, Jr. the First Line of A Canticle for Leibowitz
Originally Published Jan. 1, 1960
Paperback edition:
313 pages - Aug. 1, 1976