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minor.Some of those deities have been truly what wetoday would call God.Others have been whatwe would regard as odd,weird,whimsical,evenamusing and sometimes horrifying.In this com-panion volume to his March of the Heroes,GaryJennings presents a teeming,turbulent historyof man's deities and his beliefs about them.Without overmuch discussion of the variousreligions-thus avoiding controversial compari-sons-this book concentrates on the gods them-selves(and the inevitable anti-god “devils”),treating them all with impartiality but with agusto which makes them enjoyable to meet andknow.  \nASSOCIATION PRESSNew York  \nABOUT THE AUTHOR  \nGary Jennings,born in the Blue Ridge moun-tains of Virginia,has traveled widely and livedin various parts of the world,at present mak-ing his home in Mexico.An advertising careerin New York was interrupted by the KoreanWar,in which he served as an Army infantrycorrespondent,receiving the Bronze Star forhis reportage of military operations and a per-sonal citation from the Republic of Korea forhis work in war relief and aid to war orphans.He subsequently worked as a newspaper re-porter-photographer and magazine editor beforeturning to full-time free-lance writing.Mr.Jennings'articles,short stories and essays haveappeared in most of the leading American mag-azines-including Harper’s,National Geographic,Reader's Digest,Holiday,and Redbook-plus anumber of periodicals abroad.He is also theauthor of March of the Heroes and The Teen-ager's Realistic Guide to Astrology,both pub-lished by Association Press.  \nJacket design by The Etheredges  \nan ASSOCIATION PRESS book  \nhttps://archive.org/details/marchofgods0000jenn  \nOF  \nTHE  \nOTHER BOOKS BY GARY JENNINGS  \n# FOR YOUNG ADULTSMarch of the HeroesMarch of the RobotsThe Rope in the Jungle(novel)\n\nThe Teenager's Realistic Guide to AstrologyThe Shrinking OutdoorsBlack Magic,White MagicThe Killer StormsParades!The Movie Book  \n# FOR PRESCHOOL READERSThe Earth Book\n\nFOR ADULTS  \nSow the 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