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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... Senator Lovatt was thunderstruck . Had this fellow the im- pudence , the incredible insolence to be calling him to ... Senator Lovatt waved it away . " And how is this germane ? " " In the case which I am approaching in my capacity as ...
... Senator Lovatt was thunderstruck . Had this fellow the im- pudence , the incredible insolence to be calling him to ... Senator Lovatt waved it away . " And how is this germane ? " " In the case which I am approaching in my capacity as ...
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... Senator . " Not that I believe you , my boy . Some misplaced notion of chivalry . But I can't have our name fouled in open court . " Jans was still staring at the release in a semi - daze . “ I'd have married her gladly , " he muttered ...
... Senator . " Not that I believe you , my boy . Some misplaced notion of chivalry . But I can't have our name fouled in open court . " Jans was still staring at the release in a semi - daze . “ I'd have married her gladly , " he muttered ...
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... Senator Vryling sat down and conned over the heap . There were two guns , a fowling piece and a musket ; three fishing rods , one a very fine greenheart , a flute , a chased - silver flask , a brass - studded trunk of beautifully ...
... Senator Vryling sat down and conned over the heap . There were two guns , a fowling piece and a musket ; three fishing rods , one a very fine greenheart , a flute , a chased - silver flask , a brass - studded trunk of beautifully ...
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