title: Caught Between Three Fires
author:  Tom A. Rafiner 
description: This is regarding the border war from Missouri's point of view. It talks not just the dates, battles, it delves into the people and how they were affected. Giving the reader an honest view of how these 16 years demolished Cass County.
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  Tom Swift Among The Fire Fighters
  
  
    
    
  I A BAD PLACE FOR A FIRE  
    
  II NO USE OF LIVING!  
    
  III TOM'S NEW IDEA  
    
  IV AN EXPERIMENT  
    
  V THE EXPLOSION  
    
  VI TOM IS WORRIED  
    
  VII A FORCED LANDING  
    
  VIII STRANGE TALK  
    
  IX SUSPICIONS  
    
  X ANOTHER ATTEMPT  
    
  XI THE BLAZING TREE  
    
  [ XII TOM IS LONESOME  
    
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  XIII A SUCCESSFUL TEST  
    
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  OUT OF THE CLOUDS  
    
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  COALS OF FIRE  
    
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  VIOLENT THREATS  
    
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  XVII A TOWN BLAZE  
    
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  FINISHING TOUCHES  
    
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