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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.

Thursday, August 9, 2012

The American Boy's Handy Book, 1880




Plans for this skiff were in the American Boy's Handy Book of 1882. E.B. White (Charlotte's Web, etc.) built one her in Brooklin for his son Joel White, founder of the Brooklin Boat Yard. The Whites' vessel was called Flounder. Bill Mayher built Flounder II this summer. Her homeport is The Pond, and she is lots of fun.
         Huck Finn & Tom Sawyer have been having a very good, very shoeless summer here in Brooklin.

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