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    Price And Pleasure
    Price And Pleasure
    Price And Pleasure
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    Price And Pleasure

    By Michael Allender

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    The fifth in a series of fourteen short stories by Abbie Joules, as she chronicles the lives of herself and her deceased brother, Bendigo, growing up on their family farm in east Texas during the 1940's and 1950's. Abbie and Ben set off on a short canoe trip down their local creek, seeing adventure. What they find is a new appreciation for their neighbors, Price and Pleasure Walker, an old black couple who open their eyes to a hidden world on their doorstep. Price's gift of sculptural art fascinates them, and the old couple's personal history introduces them to a world they've never known. Abbie and Ben can never look on their neighbors the same old way again.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMichael Allender
    Release dateApr 22, 2014
    ISBN9781310171864
    Price And Pleasure
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    Michael Allender

    I was born in Dalhart, Texas, received degrees at Texas A&M in Wildlife Science and Psychology, and did post graduate work at Utah State in ethology. I worked as a professional photographer and wildlife artist, and authored "The Guadalupe Mountains Of Texas", published by the University of Texas Press, a coffee table book of a west Texas national park. I then worked for 25 years as a wood craftsman and entrepreneur. I currently live in Redmond, Oregon, and avail myself of every opportunity to paddle the wild rivers of the Pacific Northwest, from California to northern Canada and Alaska.

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      Price And Pleasure - Michael Allender

      PRICE AND PLEASURE

      by

      Michael Allender

      Copyright 2014 Michael Allender

      Smashwords Edition

      (The fifth in a series of fourteen stories)

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      Thank you for downloading this free ebook. Although this is a free book, it remains the copyrighted property of the author, and may not be reproduced, copied and distributed for commercial or non-commercial purposes. If you enjoyed this book, please encourage your friends to download their own copy at Smashwords.com, where they can also discover other works by this author. Thank you for your support.

      Price and Pleasure

      (Story # 5)

      An art show and a lesson in family history weren't exactly what we had on our minds for the weekend. My brother Ben and I wanted to slip our boat onto the muddy waters of Peach Creek and float a few miles down to the Navasota River. Not exactly an epic voyage, but kids know various ways to slow time and travel. It was the autumn of 1952, and we had a new tandem canoe—new to us, anyway—and we were eager to try it on the little brown creek that cut a ragged corner off the bottom half of our farm.

      Abbie, we've had that boat on the catfish pond a week now, Ben complained to me. I'm tired of going in circles. What say we try the creek?

      I figured I was up for it, and Dad had no objection, but his chores would keep him from picking us up at the end of the day.

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