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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... eyes . The senior waved his hand toward the dormitory which dis- played a coarse crocus banner inscribed Lottery Lodgings in impious reference to the financing of the building . " The sportive academic mind , Durie , " said he . " Youth ...
... eyes . The senior waved his hand toward the dormitory which dis- played a coarse crocus banner inscribed Lottery Lodgings in impious reference to the financing of the building . " The sportive academic mind , Durie , " said he . " Youth ...
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... eyes heavy with question , gazed past him into some unex- plored distance . She murmured something too low for him to understand . Jans set the guitar back of him . It toppled and fell in a jangle of sounds ; a string snapped . He ...
... eyes heavy with question , gazed past him into some unex- plored distance . She murmured something too low for him to understand . Jans set the guitar back of him . It toppled and fell in a jangle of sounds ; a string snapped . He ...
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... eyes widened . " Not to your own uncle's fête ? " " He's not John Quinn's uncle . Let me remind you of that . " " I don't see why you should mind . And why are you so cross- grained with me when I'm so happy ? " He forced a smile ...
... eyes widened . " Not to your own uncle's fête ? " " He's not John Quinn's uncle . Let me remind you of that . " " I don't see why you should mind . And why are you so cross- grained with me when I'm so happy ? " He forced a smile ...
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