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Rumor and Reflections in a Turbulent Year
A stream of personal sketches and vignettes recounts storms of nature, youth behavior, and odd anecdotes. It blends poems, jokes, and memories from a long life, touching on a vanished era, social observations, and historical allusions from George Washington to Patti.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bernard Shaw
Adelina Patti
Mozart Hall
Richmond
Virginia
Bill
Madam Patti
Brother Bill