The Skipper And The Skipped Being The Shore Log Of Cap'n Aaron Sproul - Day, Holman
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The skipper and the skipped: Being the shore log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul follows a retired sea captain whose transition to life on land brings unexpected challenges, humor, and community entanglements. After years at sea, the captain settles into a position as tollkeeper, but his seafaring mindset and commanding presence clash with small-town routines and local power dynamics. The narrative begins with him tending to an elderly relative in the toll-house, revealing his blunt temperament and resistance to domestic confinement. As he adjusts to his new surroundings, he is quickly pulled into…mehr

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The skipper and the skipped: Being the shore log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul follows a retired sea captain whose transition to life on land brings unexpected challenges, humor, and community entanglements. After years at sea, the captain settles into a position as tollkeeper, but his seafaring mindset and commanding presence clash with small-town routines and local power dynamics. The narrative begins with him tending to an elderly relative in the toll-house, revealing his blunt temperament and resistance to domestic confinement. As he adjusts to his new surroundings, he is quickly pulled into family tensions, civic squabbles, and personal rivalries, which test his patience and expose his struggle to redefine himself away from the ocean s authority. The story layers light comedy with deeper questions about belonging, personal pride, and the discomfort of change. The sharp dialogue and vivid characters anchor the tale in a recognizable world where leadership means more than titles and dignity must often be defended against the trivialities of everyday life.
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Holman Francis Day, an American author, was born in Vassalboro, Maine. The Holman Day House, his residence in Auburn, Maine, is on the National Register of Historic Places. The Rider of the King Log, based on his book, was filmed in 1921. Along Came Ruth, based on his play, was filmed in 1924. Day married Helen Gerald, the only daughter of Amos F. Gerald, a railroad engineer, and Caroline W. Rowell. She died in 1902 at the age of 32 and was buried at Maplewood Cemetery in her father's birthplace of Fairfield, Maine; Day, on the other hand, was buried in Nichols Cemetery in his hometown of Vassalboro, Maine, after dying in 1935. He graduated from Colby College (class of 1887) and worked as the Union Publishing Company's managing editor in Bangor, Maine, from 1889 to 1890. He was also the editor and owner of the Dexter Gazette in Maine, a special writer for the Journal in Lewiston, a Boston Herald representative, and the managing editor of the Lewiston Daily Sun. From 1901 until 1904, he served as the military secretary to Maine Governor John F Hill. He moved to Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, in the 1920s.