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Lyman Converse is too young to fight in the Civil War, but he lives to see his own son enlist in World War I. Through all the years his closest friend is Easy, an escaped black slave who took refuge in his father's house. Everything Converse values most is gradually lost to time, including the family-owned soapstone quarry.

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“A warm, moving book, a touch old-fashioned, and very American.”—New Yorker
“A satisfying piece of work, well constructed and well written. As a regional novel, it gives a convincing delineation of upstate Vermont in the period between the Civil War and World War One, and it also leaves the reader with the pleasing consciousness that maintaining a standard of conduct—such things as tolerance, integrity, and loyalty—can make good fiction material.”—Christian Science Monitor
“Walker has done a fine bit of documentation on what might be called the deflowering of New England.”—New York Times

The Quarry

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    A Paperback / softback by Mildred Walker, Ripley Hugo

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      Publisher Bison Books
      Published 1 August 1995
      ISBN-13 9780803297791
      978-0803297791
      ISBN-10 0803297793

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Lyman Converse is too young to fight in the Civil War, but he lives to see his own son enlist in World War I. Through all the years his closest friend is Easy, an escaped black slave who took refuge in his father's house. Everything Converse values most is gradually lost to time, including the family-owned soapstone quarry.

      Trade Review
      “A warm, moving book, a touch old-fashioned, and very American.”—New Yorker
      “A satisfying piece of work, well constructed and well written. As a regional novel, it gives a convincing delineation of upstate Vermont in the period between the Civil War and World War One, and it also leaves the reader with the pleasing consciousness that maintaining a standard of conduct—such things as tolerance, integrity, and loyalty—can make good fiction material.”—Christian Science Monitor
      “Walker has done a fine bit of documentation on what might be called the deflowering of New England.”—New York Times

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