Research Catalog

Title

The ballad of Louis Wagner : and other New England stories in verse / John Perrault ; photographs by Peter E. Randall.

Author

Perrault, John.

Publication

Portsmouth, N.H. : Peter E. Randall Publisher, 2003.

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Details

Additional Authors

Randall, Peter, 1940-

Description

xiii, 82 p. : ill.; 24 cm. +

Summary

"The Ballad of Louis Wagner is a riveting account of the notorious murders on the Isles of Shoals in 1873, the ballad's 'narrator' is Louis himself, the man convicted and hung for the crime. The man whose spirit is doomed to relive his transgression by repeatedly telling the tale to listeners whom fate has appointed. This collection by Portsmouth's Poet Laureate includes Sonny's Back, the story of a Vietnam Vet returning home to Old Town, as well as ballads on Henry David Thoreau of Concord, the celebrated Boorn brothers of Manchester, Vermont (they confessed to a murder they never committed), and of Portsmouth's Gerald McLees who survived the sinking of the submarine Squalus in 1939. Each ballad is prefaced with explanatory text and accompanied by a Peter Randall photograph. The book contains a CD of John singing all the ballads and songs."--BOOK JACKET.

Contents

Ballad of Louis Wagner -- Ballad of Henry D -- Sonny's Back -- Ballad of the Squalus -- Ballad of Billy Ockham -- Chocorua -- Ballad of Jesse Boorn -- Lucky Jim -- Manchester Heartbreak -- Mad River Road -- Before You Go -- Saco River Song -- White Tail Deer -- Mouth of the River -- Some Things Refuse to Fall -- Indian Summer Eve -- Nails -- Beans -- The Stones -- The Tugs -- Three Jays in a Blizzard -- Senior Citizen Outing at Winnipesaukee -- Anne Hutchinson -- Homeless on the Common -- Newfound Lake, Late September -- May Music in New Hampshire -- Thirteen and Skinny as a Spindle -- Freshman -- The Piano -- All Souls Eve.

ISBN

1931807183

LCCN

2003096206

OCLC

ocm54682368

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries