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Mossman, David (David J.).
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Rose Bay (N.S.) -- Anecdotes.
Lunenburg (N.S. : County) -- History.
Lunenburg (N.S. : County) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Lunenburg (N.S. : County) -- Biography.
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Mossman, David (David J.).
Rose Bay (N.S.) -- Anecdotes.
Lunenburg (N.S. : County) -- History.
Lunenburg (N.S. : County) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Lunenburg (N.S. : County) -- Biography.
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Rum tales : down home yarns around a pot-bellied stove / David Mossman.
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Mossman, David (David J.).
Pottersfield Press, 2020.
Call #:
971
.623
M913r
Subjects
Rose Bay (N.S.) -- Anecdotes.
Lunenburg (N.S. : County) -- History.
Lunenburg (N.S. : County) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Lunenburg (N.S. : County) -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781989725092 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Down home yarns around a pot-bellied stove
Description:
197 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographic references (pages 192-195).
Summary:
"Welcome to The Shop. Arthur Benjamin Lohnes was the proprietor of a small country store in Rose Bay Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, from 1919 through 1957. AB, as he was called, provided a welcoming haven to people eager to indulge in the venerable art of loafing and storytelling. The yarns were spun by some of the most colourful characters of the first half of the twentieth century. With the blessing of their wives, menfolk met there regularly around the warmth of AB's pot-bellied stove, a cozy forum in which to relate experiences and share their concerns of the day. The practice was carried out almost to the point of ceremony. Starring actors in this pageant of patriarchs ranged from grizzled old blue water sea captains through ordinary seamen to shore fishermen, a preacher, store owner, and a part-time postmaster. The tales are spliced with a biographical narrative -- glimpses of adventures and misadventures -- of a gentle, kindly woman, once a child, to whom the book is dedicated. Stories recounted in The Shop provide intimate insights into humble lives across the march of events experienced by villagers during a bygone era in a small Nova Scotia coastal community. Thanks to these storytellers, the past survives and comes alive for the modern reader."--Back cover.
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971.623 M913r
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Jul 13, 2024
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971.623 M913r
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