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The Booming of Acre Hill and Other Reminiscences of Urban and Suburban Life [Paperback]

John Kendrick Bangs (Author), C. Dana Gibson (Illustrator)

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May 2004
1900. A collection of stories from Mr. Bangs. Contents: The Booming of Acre Hill; The Strange Misadventures of an Organ; The Plot that Failed; The Base Ingratitude of Barkis, M.D.; The Utilitarian Mr. Carraway; The Book Sales of Mr. Peters; The Valor of Brinley; Wilkins; The Mayor's Lamps; The Balance of Power; Jarley's Experiment; Jarley's Thanksgiving; Harry and Maude and I-also James; An Affinitive Romance; and Mrs. Upton's Device. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

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ACRE HILL ten years ago was as void of houses as the primeval forest. Read the first page
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lamp question, conscious rectitude
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Dumfries Corners, Acre Hill, Nursery Days, New York, Augustus Richards, Jimson Jones, Miss Meeker, Miss Flora Henderson, Miss Peters, Henry Webster, Jack Barkis, Mary Brown, Miles Dawson, Saint George, Walter Bliss, Bolivar Wiggins, Doctor Barkis, Harry Burnham, Miss Daisy Peters, Sam Wilkins
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