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Burlington Memories Clash With Old Ambitions
Tompkins recalls college dreams and a Burlington weekend that reawakened past loyalties. He narrates Wilmington roots, Lucy Cary, Uncle Jason aid, and the moment when poetry and a pork clerk’s life collide with a longing for greatness.
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Lake ‘Champlain
University of Vermont
Burlington
Adirondacks
Tompkins
New England
Chicago
New York
Vermont
Green Mountains
Champlain Valley
Pember
Timothy
Mrs. Pember
Mr. Tompkins
York State
United States
Park
Mr. Pember
Pendomin
Homer
Virgil
Horace
Ompkins
Pork
Mie
Hitte-Tompkins
Lacy
Wilmington
Lucy Cary
Lucy
Roger
White Mountains
Winooski
Onion River
College
Withington
Jason
North Elba
Burlington College
Tompkinis
Daniel Webster