Banner by the WaysideRandom house, 1947 - 442 páginas "This is a picaresque novel set pre-Civil War on the Erie Canal. Durie Edwards is a female foundling, raised as a boy in a bookshop. She falls in with traveling players, thieves, con men, disreputable women (and men), as she tries to sort out the truth from the pious lies told to her, and eventually finding love. Durie's essential innocence is used to bring out the characters of the people she meets. Life on the canal boats is, as far as I can tell, accurately presented. It's a slice of Americana."--Goodreads |
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... damn your impudence ! " " Sir . " " That's proper . Do you ambition to join the honorable forum of the Collegium Harvardiensibus ? " " None of your apothecary's Latin , Mace , " protested the guitarist . " Well , do that part of it ...
... damn your impudence ! " " Sir . " " That's proper . Do you ambition to join the honorable forum of the Collegium Harvardiensibus ? " " None of your apothecary's Latin , Mace , " protested the guitarist . " Well , do that part of it ...
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... Damn your eyes , Pilk ! " " Damn away , lad . Lucky Seven and the marshers got your box but they didn't get my little lot , " said Pilk complacently . " How much ? ” " Seventy - eight dollars . Enough to stock up with . And we still got ...
... Damn your eyes , Pilk ! " " Damn away , lad . Lucky Seven and the marshers got your box but they didn't get my little lot , " said Pilk complacently . " How much ? ” " Seventy - eight dollars . Enough to stock up with . And we still got ...
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... Damn it all ! I'm haunted , " he snarled . The population of the cholera shantees had thinned down . Half of the entries had been discharged , cured . The other half had gone out by the dead - wagon . With only five convalescents left ...
... Damn it all ! I'm haunted , " he snarled . The population of the cholera shantees had thinned down . Half of the entries had been discharged , cured . The other half had gone out by the dead - wagon . With only five convalescents left ...
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ain't Albany Archbold asked Durie asked Jans Baggo Barter Boat better breath called canal Captain Pilkington champagne wine cholera Clonny Colvin cursed curtain D'you Damn deck dollars door drink Durie's ears eyes face Fair Luna fetch fool girl glance grin Gypsy Vilas hand Harvard Harvard Yard head heard hell hoggee Honorable Vryling Lovatt hour inquired Jans Quintard Jeune Amour John Quinn keep lady Laus Deo Liberty Pole lips Little Falls Looby look Lucky Seven Macel Ayrault Mailzell's Manager Passerow marry matter mind Miss Andrews Miss Wayne morning nephew never night Pilk play Rapalje retorted Samuel Hopkins Adams Schenectady Semple Senator Lovatt shillings sing sleep smile stood Tallinger tell Thalians There's thought took town troupe Uncle Vryling voice wench What's young young blade