The best of Boyle
Nostalgia, History, Wit & Wisdom
by Harold Boyle
Nostalgia, Wit and Wisdom from his 60 years covering the Maine Scene make Hal Boyle one of Mane's best loved columnists and writers. Deeply interested in space, Hal Boyle was at the Apollo moon launch, which you can read about in the story "Guardian Angel at Moon Shot". "Blasted by an Atom Bomb" recounts his time when he attended the Atomic Bomb testing.
Here is just a sample of the other warm and witty stories you'll find in this book:
Legendary Jack Spratt
Monsters on the water front
S.D. Warren and the Mummies
Cyrus H.K. Curtis
Stuffing the ballot box
Great Racetrack Heist
Maine's Who's Who
"Percy" Baxter
$10 Million Gold Sea Chase
Nazi Spies in Maine
Great November Blizzard
Nine Miles for a Dime
Chewing Gum Capital
Rum Room Days
"Husksters' Row"
Two Cents to Cross Bridge
Red Man Scalped
Frank Merriwell
Edward Everett Horton
Shooting yourself at Keith's
Monster of Casco Bay
and many more...
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Nonfiction, Maine, history, American Personal narratives, Project Apollo (U.S.), Atomic bomb, English literature: essays, letters & other non-fiction prose works, Maine, history, local, NazisPeople
Percy Baxter, Cyrus H.K. Curtis, Warren Family, Frank Merriwell, Edward Everett Horton, Jack SprattPlaces
Portland (Me.), Casco Bay (Me.)Times
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The best of Boyle: Nostalgia, History, Wit & Wisdom
1980, G. Gannett Pub. Co.
in English
- 1st ed.
009009607X 9780090096077
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"Stories ... appeared originally in the Portland evening express, Portland press herald, and the Maine Sunday telegram."
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