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 63
... shillings and hours in rapt contemplation of the mighty canvas composed by Mr. Robert Fulton , professionally regarded as a renegade from the arts since he had abandoned a promising scenic career to tinker with steamboats . She did ...
... shillings and hours in rapt contemplation of the mighty canvas composed by Mr. Robert Fulton , professionally regarded as a renegade from the arts since he had abandoned a promising scenic career to tinker with steamboats . She did ...
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... shillings a head . A councilman raised the pertinent question : if we impound the pigs , who disposes of the gar- bage ? The objection being unanswerable , a motion to appoint a swine - warden was passed and a gentleman chosen for that ...
... shillings a head . A councilman raised the pertinent question : if we impound the pigs , who disposes of the gar- bage ? The objection being unanswerable , a motion to appoint a swine - warden was passed and a gentleman chosen for that ...
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... shilling apiece . Equipment and stock belonged to Passerow . Nothing to be hoped from that source . The manager drew ... shillings . A little more . " While the weekly envelope came in , she had made her faithful payments against the ...
... shilling apiece . Equipment and stock belonged to Passerow . Nothing to be hoped from that source . The manager drew ... shillings . A little more . " While the weekly envelope came in , she had made her faithful payments against the ...
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