Andrew Joyce
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The Saga of Ellis
All True!
Note: This is all true.
Chapter Four
In the year of our Lord, 1700, it’s a gentle breeze that pushes the small sailing ship southwest, towards the northern coast of Cape Ann. The master and owner of the ship is John Lane who, together with his wife and children, is coming from Falmouth, Maine, after being run out by Indians during the First Indian War. It is a new century and a new beginning for the Lane family.
As the ship approaches land, John sees the dense forests he had been told about. His plan is to first clear a parcel in which to build their house. Then he and his sons will fell trees and sell the wood for the making of ships. There certainly is no shortage of raw material.
The ship anchors ten miles north of Gloucester Town, off Flatstone Cove. John and his eldest son, James…
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Andrew is one of my favorite authors ❤
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Thank you for sharing, Billy Ray! 😀
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A pleasure, dear lady! ♥
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