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SOME EDITORS I HAVE KNOWN From Days of Civil War
An 1904 World’s Fair scene inspires a reflective memoir about a painting titled Breaking the Home Ties. The author recalls a family farewell in Forest in 1868 as he leaves for Brandon to join Col. A. J. Frantz’s Republican paper and begins a lifelong journey, recalling kin and a poignant departure.
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