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Bookcover, "Little Pine to King Spruce: A Franco-American Childhood"

Little Pine to King Spruce:
A Franco-American Childhood
Fran Pelletier
Paperback, $15; ISBN 0-88448-254-5
6 x 9, 192 pages, B&W photographs
Regional/Biography

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 		Fran Pelletier is a rare and wonderful storyteller. He grew up in Milford, Maine, in the 1930s, confessed to all seven sins at his first confession (thinking you had to), proudly wore a "Lindbergh" suit Mama sewed from puce and orange wool (assuring him that aviators needed to be colorful), read aloud to his French-speaking grandfather at the local train station after school, learned about chewing tobacco the hard way, played an unfortunate role in the derailment and subsequent sinking of a Maine Central handcar, and generally thrived in the bosom of his extended Franco-American family. Dogs, trout, and pigs put in appearances; a spectacular mill fire lights the skies; death claims young friends; and Fran learns about life.
    Pelletier remembers the details in a series of stories that beg to be read aloud and shared. Authentically small-town America, yet spiced by his French-Canadian heritage, these stories will resonate in communities throughout New England.
    After graduating from the University of Maine, Pelletier had a career in the chemical coating business but his avocation has always been literature and words. He lives in New Harbor, Maine.

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