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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Página 74
... morning , " said Durie demurely . " Night or morning , you'll get small good of him . He's a come - and - goer ; one of the nothing - better - to - do tribe . Look at that phiz of his ! " " He may not be comely , " conceded the girl ...
... morning , " said Durie demurely . " Night or morning , you'll get small good of him . He's a come - and - goer ; one of the nothing - better - to - do tribe . Look at that phiz of his ! " " He may not be comely , " conceded the girl ...
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... morning antifogmatic at the bar of the Farmer's Hotel in Geneva when he sighted a fellow player busy with pen and ink at a table . " Hah ! " said he . " Genius labors . " He struck an attitude and declaimed : " Attend , my muse ...
... morning antifogmatic at the bar of the Farmer's Hotel in Geneva when he sighted a fellow player busy with pen and ink at a table . " Hah ! " said he . " Genius labors . " He struck an attitude and declaimed : " Attend , my muse ...
Página 282
... morning . His fevered eyes ranged the portholes . His feverish brain pulsed with the anguish of a question . Behind which one ... ? A sash slid in one of them . A cropped head appeared . Catch- ing up a rock , Jans let fly . It missed ...
... morning . His fevered eyes ranged the portholes . His feverish brain pulsed with the anguish of a question . Behind which one ... ? A sash slid in one of them . A cropped head appeared . Catch- ing up a rock , Jans let fly . It missed ...
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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