Tuesday, November 03, 2009

More of the Odd

I admit it. I get overly fascinated with odd stuff. So, last week I was browsing the 'Buck-a-Book' shelf at the library and managed to find three that sounded worth their prices. One of the books was The Last Days of Dogtown by Anita Diamant (see the sidebar). It's fiction, or should I say faction? A novel based loosely upon the real life story of a very early settlement in the center of Cape Ann. Extremely well composed and makes you feel like it IS true history. I imagine it's close. I've referred to Dogtown in the past on this blog. One of these days I'll get around to some serious exploring out there. If you'd like more information (it's really nifty) check out this site . Be sure follow the links on the site for lots of interesting stuff.

4 comments:

Bernard said...

"Buck a Book"?
So how much is a 'buck' these days.
I've heard of "Can you spare a dime" and I can recall a "Couple of bucks", but I have no idea as to what they're actual worth?
Say as a % of a dollar.
Out of touch Bernard!!

deb said...

100% of a dollar.

Bernard said...

In that case....it sounds a bargain.

Bernard said...

Anyone you know Deb?
perpetualpiano.blogspot.com/
Found it my musical blog trawls.