Inspiring novel.... and I found the text of it online. Go. Read. Enjoy. Heading into exams, it's exceptionally nice to read something that looks inward. I adore Richard Bach... Illusions is still one of my fav. reads, and I'd highly reccommend that as well.
http://www.kulichki.com/moshkow/RBACH/seagullengl.txt Also, a lil bit of history from my NY times headline page... on April 24, 1898, Spain declared war on the United States after rejecting America's ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba.