Kennedy Square
F. Hopkinson Smith
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Description
F. Hopkinson Smith opens Kennedy Square with an author's preface on the place in the late fifties. Rough stone seats stood among birds, trees, and blossom, while vine-heavy bowers drooped over earth tracks edged with boxwood. Tall magnolias scented the enclosure, and roses clambering over a decaying fence vanished and reappeared between its bars.
Youngsters laughed on shaded paths, playing with hoops and balls while old Black mammies in pale aprons and bright headscarves watched. Quiet nooks sheltered lovers talking together, weary travellers taking rest, and elderly men absorbed in books for long stretches. Beyond the turf edge and a shaky wooden barrier, a bumpy walkway lay dappled with shade and flecked with green mould. In summer a melon seller halted his cart beside it, and in winter Moses stopped his own cart there. Readers get a nostalgic Baltimore novel of an old square and its people.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | F. Hopkinson Smith |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 704 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |