Pdf the half share manager
Originally published in 1972 Clarence King s novel The Half Share Man follows the exploits of Peter Folger grandfather of Benjamin Franklin as he follows his life s journey from a teenage boy just trying to make it in the New World in 1635 to the point of becoming a surveyor asked to take part in the founding of the islands of Nantucket and Martha s Vineyard and becoming an integral part of their societies by taking on a number of other professions including but not limited to schoolteacher surveyor carpenter and farmer Always driven to do what is right Folger makes peace with native Indian tribes as well as showing exactly where his famous grandson would get his sense of humor Now published online Clarence King s great grandson has written the preface and has opened the story up to the world that only a select few on Nantucket Island have known for nearly half a century The Half Share Man
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