The book Scientology tried to ban

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http://nypost.com/2014/03/29/the-boo...trying-to-ban/

To Scientologists, founder L. Ron Hubbard is a larger-than-life figure — a war hero, philosopher and humanitarian.
But the real man was a dissembling, emotional wreck who made up most of his legendary exploits out of whole cloth, writes British journalist Russell Miller.

In the Pacific, he was given a submarine-chaser to command but then spent two days depth-charging non-existent Japanese subs off the coast of Oregon. Later, he fired on Mexican territory for target practice, setting off an international incident. As for his “injuries,” the record showed that Hubbard suffered from arthritis, conjunctivitis and a stomach ulcer.

In August 1945, the Navy man encountered Caltech rocket scientist Jack Parsons, whose Pasadena home had become a boarding house for eccentrics. Parsons himself was into occult research, which Hubbard joined in eagerly (along with stealing Jack’s girlfriend).