Ouch. That book cover really hurts.
Portrayed against a sky-blue background is a drawing of a figure that is unmistakably Uncle Sam. He's costumed in red-and-white-striped trousers and a sleeveless blue undershirt that used to be called — boy, did I ever hesitate to type this, and do so only because the phrase is unavoidable in this instance — a "wifebeater." The choice of that tank top could not have been a mistake. Nor was the inevitable inference involved. Nor the swirling image of timber rattlesnakes tattooed on the visible arm muscle.
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