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We own a 1975 GMC Sierra Grande 15 in Maine and a 1986 Chevrolet Custom Deluxe 10 in West Texas. Also a pair of 1997 Volvo 850 wagons. Average age in the fleet is 28 years--we're recycling. I've published 3 novels: THE LAW OF DREAMS (2006), THE O'BRIENS (2012), and CARRY ME (2016). Also 2 short story collections: NIGHT DRIVING(1987) and TRAVELLING LIGHT (2013). More of my literary life is at www.peterbehrens.org I was a Fellow at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study for 2012-13. I'm an adjunct professor at Colorado College and in the MFA program at Queens University of Charlotte. In 2015-16 I was a Fellow at Harvard University's Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. The Autoliterate office is in Car Talk Plaza in Harvard Square, 2 floors above Dewey Cheatem & Howe. SUBSCRIBE TO THE AUTOLITERATE DAILY EMAIL by hitting the button to the right.

Friday, July 6, 2018

Gamage Shipyard: The Wooden Schoolbus.

From Ken Textor's piece in Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors
"The reinvigoration of the 147-year-old Gamage Shipyard took an unexpected turn a year or so ago, when “The Bus” rolled into the South Bristol marina.
The owner wanted the boatyard to turn a standard all-American school bus into a “land yacht,” and a decidedly non-marine project commenced.
“We were definitely getting a workout,” Gamage general manager Mike Tatro said of the year-long project. “All the systems had to be done from scratch. But we were able to do everything the owner wanted.”
Today, what everyone calls The Bus is a yacht-quality sight to behold, without a trace of the yellow paint and mud-dust graffiti one would have found in its earlier life..."

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