Waitstill Baxter and the River Ghosts of New England
A nostalgic slice from an old New England town frames Waitstill Baxter and his family amid 19th century social change. The narrator recalls Ivory Boynton, his mother, and Cephas Cole as the river and Cochranites swirl through village life, shaping a world seen through a woman’s lens. The piece blends memory with literary praise for a novel that mirrors a period’s grit and grace.
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Grist
New England
Waitstill Baxter
America
Waitstill
Patience Baxter
Ivory Boynton
Funny Cephas Cole
Wattstill Baxter
Sunnybrook Farm
Egypt
Edgewood
Alon
Jacob Cochrane
Aaron Boynton
Boynton
Ivory
Birt
Baxter
The Siatery of the Saco River in New Hampshire and Maine
A lyrical history traces the Saco from its source in New Hampshire granite hills through Bartletts gales and Conway brakes to Fryeburg and beyond. It flows past Edgewood and Riverhoro, recalling Ossipee, Ossinee, and Sawtells, then witnesses lumbering mills, mills, bridges, farms, and bells. The piece evokes ancient wildlife and Indigenous presence, frogs, beavers, otters, bears, and wolves, before noting human settlement, logging drives, and stagecoaches.
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Siatery
New Hampshire
Saco
Bartlett
Conway
Fryeburg
Ossipee
Little Ossinee
Bonny Eagle
Salmon Falls
deBle
Pleasant Point
Union Falls
Edgewood
Riverhoro
Sten
Seventeen in a World of Troubles at Baxter Store
Patty and Walt debate birth day plans and small rebellions as a family tensions rise over a troubled household. The girls imagine playful schemes to brighten the day while facing a stern father and a restless town life. The passage hints at hardship and strained family dynamics in Lorton.
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Ghe
Patience
Boynton
Ivory
Rodman
Walt
Baxter
Patty
Jed Merrill
Patty Gang
Japall
Dr. Perty Smya
Father Cane
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Nusbaum
Main Street
Simmon’s Plumbing and __ Electric Co
Mee Ste
Lee & Parr
Brisnol
Tan
Hite
Bradield
Lamar Blas
Atanta
Towa
Genegal
Kate Douglas Wiggin
AL BE
Lorton
Toe Contr
Tor Sear Wel
Jerge Murd
Andae
Hal
Highland Bros . Gore
Louis
Gun Matal
Tellus
A. Rogers Silverwear
William A. Saots
Rcolaehtesbrek
Lemtsarstfte
Jewcgnsrshai
Dssarsebb
Siehrucpslersng
Clarksburg Furniture
Main ST
van Stodk
Standard Fi Company
New York
Clarksburg
Bon Ten
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