William Claspy wrote:
On 12/5/06 1:12 PM, in article ,
"Wolfgang" wrote:
FISHIN' JIMMY
By Annie Trumbull Slosson
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902
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PART I
It was on the margin of Pond Brook, just back of Uncle Eben's that I first
saw Fishin' Jimmy. It was early June, and we were again at Franconia, that
peaceful little village among the northern hills.
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And not a gnat's hair from where we were hiking in August. In fact we were
on the Fishin' Jimmy trail, briefly.
In the process of preparing this text I had occasion to google Fishin'
Jimmy. The first hit was a map of the trail and some associated trip
report or something. Led me to wonder whether it was named in honor of
the story, or the story is a more or less true account of a real life
individual. If only we knew of a good research librarian!
Thanks as always for the excellent read Wolfgang!
Ordinarily I'd say de nada. But I learned some time ago that I get
better results in posting these forgotten treasures if I re-type the
entire text in whatever news reader I'm using rather than trying to cut
and paste from an existing body and, as you have probably seen by now,
this one has got a LOT of dialect in it. Typing dialogue SUCKS!
Still, my pleasure.
Wolfgang
incidentally, i'm planning to post the third and final installment of
Fishin' Jimmy via google groups this evening. as far as i can tell,
google groups does not have a spell-checker. anybody know otherwise?