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A burnished day in September 1952 provides the framework for a narrative that movingly distills the lifetime of an uncommonly admirable if very human being. A new corrected edition. " The Memory of Old Jack is a slab of rich Americana, eloquent testimony that `it's not a tragedy when... read more
First Sentence
"Since before sunup Old Jack has been standing at the edge of the hotel porch, gazing out into the empty street of the town of Port William, and now the sun has risen and covered him from head to foot with light."
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- Wendell Berry (Author)
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