<p>As we rush toward the end of <i>Peanuts</i>'' second full decade, Snoopy finds himself almost completely engrossed in his persona as the World War I Flying Ace.<br><br>Still, Snoopy looms large, so this volume (a particularly Snoopy-heavy one) sees him arm-wrestling Lucy as the "Masked Marvel" and then taking off for Petaluma for the national arm-wrestling championship; impersonating a vulture and a "Cheshire Beagle"; enjoying golf and hockey; attempting a jaunt to France for an ice-skating championship; running for office on the "Paw" ticket; being traded to Peppermint Patty''s baseball team, then un-traded and installed as team manager by a guilt-ridden Charlie Brown; as well as dealing with the return of his original owner, Lila.<br><br>Peppermint Patty, working toward her ascendancy as one of the major <i>Peanuts</i> players in the 1970s and 1980s, also has several major turns, including a storyline in which she''s the tent monitor for three little girls (who call her "Sir" - a