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Indlæser... Cape Cod Folksaf Sarah P. McLean Greene
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. A tale of romance, tragedy and The Way of life on Cape Cod in days of yore. ( ) This book is a fictionalized account of a teacher who came to my great-grandparents' home town to teach at the local school. In the late 19th century, the work resulted in a lawsuit which was published in the New York Times (the book was also turned into a Broadway musical which ran for 24 performances from October 1906-November 1906). The lawsuit, filed by my great grandfather Lorenzo Nightingale, alleges that the author, Ms. McLean, committed libel and slander against him. Grandpa Nightingale won his lawsuit. The suit required that the book be republished, with names changed and the described events were further fictionalized to protect the innocent. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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