Author: James Haydock
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1496906659
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
After a checkered career at sea and on land Leo Mack settles down in Blue Anchor shortly before the Civil War. A solitary man living in Ida Crabtree's boarding house, he earns his living as a tinker but finds his worth and mission when the war begins. As a traveling tinker he carries news of military events to isolated farmhouses and becomes in effect a broadcaster of war news. In time just about every person in the county knows Leo by name but nothing of his background. Isaac Brandimore takes it upon himself to tell Mack's story but dies before the work is finished. Emily Kingston comes forward to salvage the story and finish it, but not before Leo dies. Concluding the project, she observes that Leo Mack in tattered work clothes was "animated in good times and bad by blood and brain and spirit." His death, she tells us, diminished Blue Anchor.
A Tinker in Blue Anchor
Author: James Haydock
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1496906659
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
After a checkered career at sea and on land Leo Mack settles down in Blue Anchor shortly before the Civil War. A solitary man living in Ida Crabtree's boarding house, he earns his living as a tinker but finds his worth and mission when the war begins. As a traveling tinker he carries news of military events to isolated farmhouses and becomes in effect a broadcaster of war news. In time just about every person in the county knows Leo by name but nothing of his background. Isaac Brandimore takes it upon himself to tell Mack's story but dies before the work is finished. Emily Kingston comes forward to salvage the story and finish it, but not before Leo dies. Concluding the project, she observes that Leo Mack in tattered work clothes was "animated in good times and bad by blood and brain and spirit." His death, she tells us, diminished Blue Anchor.
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1496906659
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
After a checkered career at sea and on land Leo Mack settles down in Blue Anchor shortly before the Civil War. A solitary man living in Ida Crabtree's boarding house, he earns his living as a tinker but finds his worth and mission when the war begins. As a traveling tinker he carries news of military events to isolated farmhouses and becomes in effect a broadcaster of war news. In time just about every person in the county knows Leo by name but nothing of his background. Isaac Brandimore takes it upon himself to tell Mack's story but dies before the work is finished. Emily Kingston comes forward to salvage the story and finish it, but not before Leo dies. Concluding the project, she observes that Leo Mack in tattered work clothes was "animated in good times and bad by blood and brain and spirit." His death, she tells us, diminished Blue Anchor.
The Antiquary
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Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 500
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Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 500
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Internal Revenue Acts of the United States, 1909-1950
Author: Bernard D. Reams (Jr.)
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Category : Taxation
Languages : en
Pages : 1326
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Category : Taxation
Languages : en
Pages : 1326
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Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania
Author: John Fanning Watson
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Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 686
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Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 686
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Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. House
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Languages : en
Pages : 2314
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Languages : en
Pages : 2314
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Revenue Revisions, 1947-48
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means
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Category : Taxation
Languages : en
Pages : 2014
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Category : Taxation
Languages : en
Pages : 2014
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Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography
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Languages : en
Pages : 644
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Languages : en
Pages : 644
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Farmer Cooperatives
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Category : Agriculture, Cooperative
Languages : en
Pages : 902
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Category : Agriculture, Cooperative
Languages : en
Pages : 902
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The Story of Philadelphia
Author: Mrs. Lillian Ione Rhoades MacDowell
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Category : Philadelphia (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 396
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Category : Philadelphia (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 396
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Loomis
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Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738570198
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
A small town set along Interstate 80 in the Sierra Nevada foothills, Loomis anchors what was once an internationally known agricultural area, a distinction it gained after early settlers came for gold mining along the rivers. The Central Pacific Railroad soon laid tracks here, providing a means for transporting fruit crops to market. Established first as Pine Grove in the 1850s, the town later became Placer, then Smithville, and later Pino. This led to confusion with Reno, so in 1890 it officially became Loomis, in honor of postmaster and saloon keeper James Oscar Loomis. Agriculture is mostly gone now, but many downtown businesses retain their original architecture, and the restored railroad depot helps keep Loomis's heritage alive.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738570198
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
A small town set along Interstate 80 in the Sierra Nevada foothills, Loomis anchors what was once an internationally known agricultural area, a distinction it gained after early settlers came for gold mining along the rivers. The Central Pacific Railroad soon laid tracks here, providing a means for transporting fruit crops to market. Established first as Pine Grove in the 1850s, the town later became Placer, then Smithville, and later Pino. This led to confusion with Reno, so in 1890 it officially became Loomis, in honor of postmaster and saloon keeper James Oscar Loomis. Agriculture is mostly gone now, but many downtown businesses retain their original architecture, and the restored railroad depot helps keep Loomis's heritage alive.