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Too Many Cooks in the Natural Life Tale
Narrator recounts Nathan Scudder and two New Yorkers Edward Van Brunt and Martin Hartley chasing a lifestyle called the Natural Life. A dinner table of comic misadventures follows including Hannah Jane Purvis the cook, a bean memory, and an invitation for Solomon Pratt to join the group for a summer on the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomon Pratt
Nathan Scudder
Edward van Brunt
Martin Hartley
Pratt
James Hopper
Van
Agnes Page
Hartley
Nate Scudder
Nate
Hardy Ann
Lord James
Hopper
Hardy
Boston
Ostable
Jonah
Emmie T
Hannah Jane Purvis
Hannah Janes
Jated
Scudder Place
Turkey
James
van Brunt
Scudder
Martin
Hannah
Agnes
New York
Europe
van Brant
Liverpool
Shell
Gaga
Hannah Jane Pursis
Wishpan
San
Mr Pratt
Land of Love
Jehlel
Capt Samuels
Jehiel
Hannah Jane
Ian
Purvis
van Bennt
Ous
Jehiels
Skipper
Samuels
Indy
Ullshes
Hank Purvis
Daily Morgue
D. Q
Dignity
Dora Bassett