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Currently reading slowly a very old book
John Greenleaf Whittier chapter One Poems
Circa 1835… found in moms books when she passed last November. Value minimal but I have done a lot of restoration56830E5F-4809-4A0D-AEF2-4849F354D1C6.jpeg to make its binding adequately strengthened so I could eventually read it all. This is in part a history diary and a massively long poem of the Saco River region early 1800’s and earlier.
Mogg Heigon of Saco River of New England, son and heir to Walter Heigon Sagamore of said river."
"Mogg Heigon or Hegon [Hegon, Hegan actually means the point of an arrow], described himself “Mogg Heigon of Saco River of New England, son and heir to Walter Heigon Sagamore of said river. Mogg’s wife or she could have been his mother, was Mary Megonusqua. Mogg Heigon, had gathered a force of perhaps 100 men and some 30 ships. Mogg, who had friendly relations with the English settlers, had been slow to support the war. Nevertheless, by the fall of 1676 his army had amassed a successful record of harassing the fishermen and farmers until many ran away, abandoning the area. In October of 1676, Mogg's men surrounded the small garrison at Scarborough's Black Point. Mogg died in 1677 during a battle with the garrison he was shot by Lieutenant Bartholomew Tippen." —Who was Chief Mogg Heigon
 
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I am reading the Dave Gurney series of murder mysteries by John Verdon. A total of 9 books in the collection. Worth the read in my opinion. In my library system they are available for free on Kindle using the Libby app
 
just finished Geoffrey Wolff's Duke of Deception. And am now re-reading Tobias Wolff's This Boy's Life. These guys had the same dad, though the brothers were separated during childhood. One lived with their mother (Toby) and the other with the father. Both ended up becoming amazing writers and both wrote biographies- Geoff of his dad/himself and Toby of his mom/himself. What's so fascinating about it is their dad was legit con man and liar who nevertheless seemed to love his kid(s). Their Mom and Dad were both victims of abuse. Their Mom was attracted to tough but kinda dopey men. The two books back-to-back are fascinating read given one son has one style - amazing eye for complex detail (Geoff) and one for telling one story but delivering another at the same time (Toby). On a local angle Geoff used to race hydroplanes as a kid in Seattle, Toby lived in West Seattle and later Concrete/Newhalem. Toby wrote his own letters of recommendation to an East Coast prep school, something no doubt his dad would have enthusiastically approved of... though he later gets booted out for lying. Still, the reckoning these two guys would have had, over a lifetime- their ability to create imaginary worlds and set them in press and turn it into legit business, and a dad who could also create imaginary worlds, make them temporarily real and yet watch them fail, again and again- makes you wonder about the nature vs nurture of really good writers. It's also interesting to see how marginal and unimpressive both boys were in the adolescence and early adulthood (and maybe that was intentional in how they wrote it out) but both of them find success way later...
 
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This, mostly in this room. There is an interesting article about a couple building a lodge in the Katmai in Alaska…i have fished with both of them when they were guides at the Royal Wolf Lodge
 
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Been reading Big Game Hunting and Collecting in East Africa 1903-1926

By Kalman Kittenberger

Interesting 1st person account of extended Safari in unopened country. He carries a 6.5mm Mannlicher–Schönauer bolt action as well as a big Nitro Express double rifle.

c/22
 
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