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Responding to Teddy Roosevelt's request, lovable rogue Fenwick Travers becomes an agent provocateur when he sets off to Panama to forment rebellion against Colombia, which is opposed to the construction of the Panama Canal
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Fenwick Travers, the delightful rapscallion who always manages to become a hero while running away from trouble, is at it again.The story begins when Fenwick, just back from the Philippines and happily living a life of ease and dissipation, suffers some gambling losses and gets mixed up in an army procurement swindle. In need of a change of air, he is off to Panama to plant the seeds of rebellion against Colombia, which is blocking construction of the Panama Canal, the pet project of Fenny's presidential sponsor, Teddy Roosevelt. Getting the peaceful Panamanians to rebel without overtly involving the United States is a ticklish business requiring a devious agent provocateur. Who better than our Fenwick?
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