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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... passed above this head , " she replied in the patter . " They've dealt lightly with this hand , " he observed , and leaning over , set his lips to the warm flesh of the wrist that pulsed sharply under them . The seeress uttered a little ...
... passed above this head , " she replied in the patter . " They've dealt lightly with this hand , " he observed , and leaning over , set his lips to the warm flesh of the wrist that pulsed sharply under them . The seeress uttered a little ...
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... passed , they resumed their professional names and became the Thalian Galaxy of Song and Merrymaking . They were a hit , instantly and emphatically . Word spread on the wind that entertainment was to be had free at the Old Line . The ...
... passed , they resumed their professional names and became the Thalian Galaxy of Song and Merrymaking . They were a hit , instantly and emphatically . Word spread on the wind that entertainment was to be had free at the Old Line . The ...
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Samuel Hopkins Adams. Pilk recalled having passed the mortar - and - pestle sign of a compounding physician halfway up Pinkster Hill . They lugged the writhing patient to the place and roused the elderly Dr. Townsend . After a swift ...
Samuel Hopkins Adams. Pilk recalled having passed the mortar - and - pestle sign of a compounding physician halfway up Pinkster Hill . They lugged the writhing patient to the place and roused the elderly Dr. Townsend . After a swift ...
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