The Ownley Inn
Nonfiction, History, World History, Americas, United States, Fiction & Literature, Action Suspense
| Author: | Joseph C. Lincoln, Freeman Lincoln | ISBN: | 9781789122459 |
| Publisher: | Valmy Publishing | Publication: | September 3, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Valmy Publishing | Language: | English |
| Author: | Joseph C. Lincoln, Freeman Lincoln |
| ISBN: | 9781789122459 |
| Publisher: | Valmy Publishing |
| Publication: | September 3, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Valmy Publishing |
| Language: | English |
In this novel, which was first published in 1939, author Joseph C. Lincoln collaborated with his son Freeman to produce the sort of fresh and salty tale of Cape Cod that has made him so famous and well-loved.
Dick Clarke, in disgrace because of the theft of a valuable book from the Knowlton Library, finds himself on old Sepatonk Island, staying at the Ownley Inn, run by Seth Hammond Ownley, who, when asked the reason for the cannon on the front lawn, invariably replies, “To repel boarders.” Then things begin to happen. A hurricane isolates the island; and a wrecked cruising launch starts a train of events which keeps Anne Francis, a charming girl who has quarrelled with Clarke; Perry Hale, a none-too-scrupulous book collector, and most of the other boarders, in a state of commotion and, at times, fear…
In this novel, which was first published in 1939, author Joseph C. Lincoln collaborated with his son Freeman to produce the sort of fresh and salty tale of Cape Cod that has made him so famous and well-loved.
Dick Clarke, in disgrace because of the theft of a valuable book from the Knowlton Library, finds himself on old Sepatonk Island, staying at the Ownley Inn, run by Seth Hammond Ownley, who, when asked the reason for the cannon on the front lawn, invariably replies, “To repel boarders.” Then things begin to happen. A hurricane isolates the island; and a wrecked cruising launch starts a train of events which keeps Anne Francis, a charming girl who has quarrelled with Clarke; Perry Hale, a none-too-scrupulous book collector, and most of the other boarders, in a state of commotion and, at times, fear…
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