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<\/a>Classic, relevant rock walls and books define and enhance the within. <\/p><\/div>\n
More Wow\u2018s: The world\u2019s best nephew-in-law and a RB regular sent me a note to be sure I knew that in Douglas Preston\u2019s and Lincoln Child\u2019s Fever Dream,<\/strong> Pendergast\u2019s wife was born in Rockland, Maine on Mechanic Street. LOCAL CONNECTION ALERT! I immediately ordered the book. New England note: The East Wind Inn is also on Mechanic Street, but this one is in Tenants Harbor and makes a T bar with Sea Street upon which RB is located. And friend Karen, also a RB regular, sent her book-a-day calendar\u2019s suggestion of Mark Puls’\u00a0 Henry Knox: Visionary General of the American Revolution <\/strong>which, after recently driving down 131 and seeing his replicated home, she now knew was pertinent. I ordered it right away. With David McCullough\u2019s<\/strong> emphasis in 1776,<\/strong> and mentions in Ian Toll\u2019s Six Frigates: Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy, Diana Gabaldon\u2019s An Echo in the Bone,<\/strong> 7th in her time-travel Outlander series and William Martin\u2019s<\/strong> thriller, City of Dreams<\/strong>, RB is practically saturated with Henry Knoxiana, a not-entirely-likable man of too many mashed potatoes who once was a bookseller.<\/p>\n Nothing beats high summer in the harbor except you with a good book.<\/p><\/div>\n Sometimes books mirror current events, but sometimes current events seem like the mirrors. Two such recent examples: Then there is the French forensic anthropologist\/physician who, among many other things checks the validity of relics<\/a> much as happens in John Case\u2019s<\/strong> prescient thriller, The Genesis Code.<\/strong> It is one of my favorite snotty Vatican novels and RB has it just waiting for you.<\/p>\n The sailing school kids are flitting about the harbor in their daysailers and kayakers are more frequent. But too few sailboats are moored and almost no unknown walkers are here. I hope this is not the new normal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The goldfinches did their aerial mating dance this morning. Wow! The sun and breezes and twinkley water did their dance, too. Perfect. Lobster boats are tied up, waiting for prices to rise enough to make going out worth it, so … Continue reading <\/a>
\nDavid Howard\u2019s Lost Rights: The Misadventures of a Stolen American Relic<\/strong> follows the \u201ccovert travels\u201d of North Carolina\u2019s copy of the Bill of Rights<\/a> from 1789 until now, much as William Martin<\/strong> follows the travels of old documents in his series of mysteries, e.g. The Lost Constitution<\/strong>. RB has it and has ordered David Howard\u2019s book.<\/p>\n