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 153
... smile our hope , your favor still our pride . The Drama here shall dignify the stage , Amuse , instruct , while it amends the age . J. Q. - Adapted with kind obligeances to MR . LAWSON . FFIXED to the taproom mirror , this specimen of ...
... smile our hope , your favor still our pride . The Drama here shall dignify the stage , Amuse , instruct , while it amends the age . J. Q. - Adapted with kind obligeances to MR . LAWSON . FFIXED to the taproom mirror , this specimen of ...
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... smile . " Because I'm a dunderhead , Durie . The Honorable Vryling doesn't consider it quite decent of me to be boguing about the state with a company of strolling actors . " Her dancing eyes steadied . " Doesn't he think us decent ...
... smile . " Because I'm a dunderhead , Durie . The Honorable Vryling doesn't consider it quite decent of me to be boguing about the state with a company of strolling actors . " Her dancing eyes steadied . " Doesn't he think us decent ...
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... smile . Well , perhaps she had gone a little far . Yet , compared to what she had in reserve , this was nothing . " Iss dot all , Miss Andrews ? " inquired the clerk with grim politeness . She nodded . " So , gut ! Haf you any answer to ...
... smile . Well , perhaps she had gone a little far . Yet , compared to what she had in reserve , this was nothing . " Iss dot all , Miss Andrews ? " inquired the clerk with grim politeness . She nodded . " So , gut ! Haf you any answer to ...
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