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"The Naked and the Dead". In ''Cross-Section: A Collection of New American Writing'', edited by Edwin Seaver, 392-420. New York: Simon and Schuster, March. Advance excerpt from ''The Naked and the Dead'' ([[48.2]]). Rpt: Appearing about a month before the novel, this excerpt (with minor variations) is the greater part of chapter 5, part 1, a description of dragging the anti-tank guns through the jungle and the following firefight at the river, an excerpt reprinted countless times in anthologies of war writing. Noted as "work in progress" on dustwrapper; [[98.7]] (partial). See Seaver's recollections of ''Cross-Section'' and Mailer in his memoir, ''So Far So Good: Recollections of a Life in Publishing'' (Westport, Conn.: Lawrence Hill, 1986). See also Mailer's comments on Seaver in ''Advertisements For Myself'' ([[59.13]]), 28–29.

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