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To: Susan G who wrote (8843)	10/28/2001 2:51:32 PM
From: Glenn Petersen	Respond to of 27666

A Flashman reference. That makes my day. One of my favorite fictional characters. stmoroky.com An excerpt: "Flashman is the first in a series of nine books (so far), and chronicles Sir Harry's life since leaving Rugby School through his thoroughly unwilling participation in the First Afghanistan War in 1842. It was during this war that a British force of 4,500 troops, accompanied by roughly 10,000 camp followers, began the long retreat from Kabul. Seven days later a lone horseman, Surgeon William Brydon, reached the walls of the British garrison at Jellalabad, some 60 miles east of Kabul, as the crow flies. The account of the retreat is one of suffering and heroism - though not by Flashman, who's cowardly and despicable conduct were not witnessed by any who survived, and who was mistaken as the heroic commander of the defense at Piper's Fort (Flash Harry spent most of his time cowering under his cot). He was lionized by his fellow officers, and dubbed "The Hector of Afghanistan" by his romantically inclined wife."