Pelicans ISBN 0 14 02.2183 2 - Where the Grass is Greener Living in an Unequal World

To my Mother and to the memory of my Father - J. Marshall Smith, 1899-1977

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First published 1979

Copyright © David M. Smith, 1979 All rights reserved

Made and printed in Great Britain by Hazell Watson & Viney Ltd, Aylesbury, Bucks Set in Monotype Times

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