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Alphabet tale and contest blurb from the Tell Me Why feature
A long excerpt presents the Tell Me Why contest with winner Michael Kravitz of Brooklyn, NY and a primer on the alphabet’s history from Phoenicians to Romans. It invites readers to answer questions, send name, address, and age for a Britannica prize, and includes a comic exchange and a drawing contest for a Britannica atlas and yearbook.
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Michael Kravitz
Brooklyn
Mediterranean
Arabia
Persia
India
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