Amor Towless New Novel Takes You on an American Road Trip, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/05/books/review/amor-towles-lincoln-highway.html. What did you make of the transition between third person and first person? I suppose its worth noting that Duchess isnt angry with Emmett in the last chapter because he recognizes the ingenuity of what Emmett has done, and he knows his own culpability in the final outcome. Again, one of the ideas Towles explores is how evil can be offset by decency and kindness on any rung of the socio-economic ladder. Girls came to mind while reading Highway because for a variety of reasons, three of the novel's main characters (Emmett Watson, Duchess Hewett, and Woolly Martin) are in the proverbial pawn. Several segments of the Lincoln Highway route followed historic roads: a road laid out by Dutch colonists of New Jersey before 1675 the 1796 Lancaster Turnpike in Pennsylvania the Chambersburg Turnpike, over which much of the Army of Northern Virginia marched to reach the Gettysburg Battlefield, a part of which is traversed by the Lincoln Highway. It was the first step that would eventually lead to our full involvement in the war. refrigerated boxcars in America. Ulysses dreams of finding his wife and child. With The Lincoln Highway, from the first I imagined a story told over ten days. After dwelling for days on the drafts shortcomings to no avail, I suddenly realized that the book wasnt simply a story told over the course of ten days, it was a countdown. Who do you see as a hero in the novel? In any case, I enjoyed getting to know the characters and the ancillary backstories as much as the travels from Nebraska to and around New York. As a novelist and a reader, Im very interested in the role that structure plays in story-telling. Note that this guide, like all of the guides, may contain spoilers. In other words, we could drive from Los Angeles to San Francisco on roads with or without federal spending. How do you think Woollys upbringing impacted his choice? What does this all mean? The connections to you? Amor Towles is well known for his distinct historical novels that offer tantalizing glimpses into the lives of larger-than-life characters from the past. Is it in the content? Almost immediately, the Lincoln Highway reinforced or reshaped a number of the books themes and events. Emmett, on the other hand, also believes that theres a balance in life yet his balance is much more focused on what he needs to do to right his wrongs, accepting the consequences of his actions, rather than either collecting what he is due or going out of his way to ensure others pay up. In the case of The Lincoln Highway, I have no idea where I was or what I was doing. The Lincoln Highway begins with eighteen-year-old Emmett, recently returned from juvenile detention in 1954, reuniting with his little brother, Billy, on their foreclosed Nebraska farm. The novel is full of heroes from the heroes in the chapters of Billys book to characters performing heroic acts to save anothers life to characters believing they are acting heroically. Emmett has big reasons to leave the state, and a plan. As Duchess himself notes (when he comes to), all he need do is lean back and paddle slowly, in order to make it safely to shore. AKA: Professor Abercrombie, Sam. And you guessed it, really through no fault of his own. Ta-da! says one, Duchess, the resourceful son of a vaudevillian, as Emmett discovers him in the barn. The nun at the foster home where Duchess lived. It begins with him returning from a juvenile home, after spending time there because he accidentally killed another boy his age in a fistfight. But only for a time. That Towless background is finance certainly makes it possible that he was making economic or political statements, but at the same time the book is neither outwardly economic nor political. resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss thenovel. The book is hard to put down. In his interview with Booktopoia, Towles talks about needing to pare down the stories he has created especially the stories he had created about vaudeville performers. The relationships between husband and wife, between parents and children, and among siblings are omnipresent, governing habits and behaviors, influencing perspectives and emotions. Unlikely. But heres my take, for those who want it: As Billy is cleaning the library, Emmett has placed Duchess in the boat and set him adrift in order to buy himself some time. While I avoid doing applied research before writing a novel, I do like to do some research once my first draft is complete to sharpen details or identify new threads for possible inclusion. In The Lincoln Highway, I use both of these techniques. Similarly, by changing the duration of the talefrom a year to thirty years to ten daysthe structure, pacing, and scope of thematic discovery all have to change. In those first ten years of television many of the lasting formats and idioms of the medium were defined from the evening news broadcast to the sitcom and from the soap opera to the late-night talk show. refrigerated boxcars in America. Its very enjoyable. But once Ive completed the draft and cleaned it up, I give it to my wife, my editor in New York, my editor in London, and a few friends, asking that they all give me feedback within a few weeks. There were also words that read as very out of place, or not of 1954. Indeed, he cant realistically stay in Nebraska because of what brought him to Salina in the first place. It wasnt until June 1956 with the passage of the Federal Aid Highway Act that that the country began building the Interstate Highway Systemthe multilane, highspeed highways that crisscrossed the nation, supporting not only the transportation of goods, but of workers, vacationers, and the curious. The Lincoln Highway is, among other things, about the act of storytelling and mythmaking. What is unfinished business to you? Good. Escaped prisoner. Trite utterances were everywhere. Abacus Abernathe, the author of Billys beloved compendium, is found on the 55th floor of the Empire State Building and coaxed from his narrative perch back into the world. To give some sense of the world at the time, the top thirty songs at the end of 1953 according to Billboard included the likes of Nat King Cole, Patti Page, Eddie Fisher, Tony Bennett and three songs by Perry Como. A household should serve pasta in twenty different ways, he would argue, and each preparation should highlight a few essential flavors through intensity rather than volume. The reason I make a shiftlike this is because it forces me to retool almost every element of my craft. Now that he is eighteen years old and at the right age to receive the trust fund, he learns that his brother-in-law is refusing to give it to him, deeming him unfit. (He keeps running the numbers in his head, revising his E.T.A.) Out of the same mouth that utters deign, electorate, visage to visage, and each one of us has come from disparate parts, comes old-time street-isms like right in the kisser, along with an easy ability to beat people to the point hospitalization and death, an easy rapport with ladies of the night, and a streetwise nature that has little to do with words like deign. And oh yes, Duchess is also an incomparable cook capable of whipping up fettucine mia amore when not settling scores meant to balance debits and credits. In the universe of this novel, grit and integrity and determination matter, not because they get you where you want to go but because they allow you to persist when youre inevitably blown off course by chance, vicissitude and the disruptive schemes of fellow questers. The largest operator of Towles' intricately plotted tale is underpinned by young Billy's obsession with a big red alphabetical compendium of 26 heroes and adventurers both mythical and real from Achilles to Zorro, though the letter Y is left blank for You (the reader) to record your own intrepid quest. California it would be. (The adjacent photograph shows some of the notebooks I was working in including one from July 2014 with the books original working title Unfinished Business.). Woolly is written as well-meaning but hopelessly dense. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make yourown. In my first novel, Rules of Civility, I also used em dashes instead of quotation marks. An author Billy likes. Bookfinity has a video interview with Towles. Generally, I will revise the book from beginning to end at least twice before it reaches the reader. Emmett ultimately concludes that his father came from a family like Woollys. It seemed natural to use them again in The Lincoln Highway for the same reasons. Duchess attributes his moral code to a lesson Sister Agnes told the orphans. You may opt-out by. Indeed, a reader might very well be fooled into thinking that Towles is setting off westward, ho-hum along the deeply rutted tracks of our national lore. Thats why after writing Rules of Civilitywhich describes a year in the life of a youngwoman about to climb New Yorks socioeconomicladderI was eager to write A Gentleman in Moscowwhich describes three decades in the life of a Russian aristocrat whos just lost everything. The Lincoln Highway is a character-driven tale that is and pulled along through narratives of each major individual in the story. 9 pages at 400 words per page) View a FREE sample So far, I havent used the omniscient narrator in my novels. Obermeyer expresses great remorse, and makes plain that no bank makes a loan in hopes of foreclosing. No, they dont. The President of Lion's Club. I only remember being struckmore than a decade agoby the notion of an honorable young man being driven home from a juvenile work program to the family farm only to discover that two of his fellow inmates have stowed away in the wardens car. Print Word PDF This section contains 3,447 words (approx. Duchess asks why people born with money are always the ones who say the word like its in a foreign language? His point was that those born with it in his experience are often the least likely to open their wallets when bills come. The novel is a study of three very different 18-year old males coming of age following a stint in a juvenile correction facility. Give yourself a tight deadline of July 4, your mothers favorite holiday. When a young person sets out on their own, they will inevitably have to solidify some personal ethos by which they are going to live. It didnt ring true. Quotation marks are designed to let an author insert little parenthetical observations or characterizations in the middle of dialogue: I knew your father well, he said soberly, back in the early days of the war, Yes, she said smoothing her skirt, another cup of tea would be lovely. The point here is that hes the clear Alpha among some street toughs in Harlem, and this Alpha like New Yorkers Duchess and Woolly similarly found his way to Salina. The Lincoln Highway is a journey in multiple layers the escapades of a road trip, coming of age passages and a storytelling odyssey. Escaped prisoner. Because I have a detailed outline in place, when Im starting a chapter I dont have to wonder what the setting or key events are going to be. That same year, the Kinsey Report on female sexuality was released, bringing private discussions of bedroom behavior into the public square. When do you have a need to finish business? They were serving time at Salina with Emmett, and theyd climbed into Warden Williamss trunk ahead of him driving Emmett home. The Lincoln Highwayultimately is weighed down by Towless own excellent past, as do characters drawn that, while interesting, were frequently hard to believe. How do you think the expectations set for each of the characters played out in the choices that each makes especially at the end of the novel? The story indicates that the good time had by their mother made her realize she could be happy again, but only if she left the failed existence created by her husband. While Charles Watson was a failed farmer whose yearly harvests were routinely imperiled by the vagaries of nature, Emmett chose work in the town before Salina; figuratively very far from the farm. And so they are. Just the same, the series was at times very well written and insightful. Such is the prerogative of fiction novelists, they get to shape the characters in the way they like, but his drawing of them deprivedHighwayof believability. To ready Woolly inHighwayis for Lennie in John SteinbecksOf Mice and Mento come to mind. The novel shares light moments in the travels of the four main characters alongside some very deep, troubling and tragic moments. First it was Sally and Woolly, then Pastor John and Ulysses, and finally Abacus and Billy. Emmett Watson is the 18-year-old son of the late Charlie Watson. What stories do you have that have become lore? Emmett will buy one house, rehab it only to sell it at a profit, then buy two houses with an eye on fixing both only to sell one while living in the other. Its hard to say. will review the submission and either publish your submission or providefeedback. To me, that was the essence of the title of the novel, The Lincoln Highway. At the beginning of the novel, Emmett is being released from a juvenile facility to which he was committed after he unintentionally killed a boy his own age. Though Texas presently outpaces California in population growth (the statistics can be misleading, but thats another column), the Golden State was well outpacing the Lone Star state in the first half of the 20thcentury. Particularly, Emmett and Billy. TheLincoln Highwayallowed me to veer again in that the novel focuses on three eighteen-year-oldboys on a journey in 1950s America that lasts only ten days. By extension, business founders almost as a rule have to be very careful with money. The actual piece of televised dialogue was much better put. Me, I love surprises but some people just dont like being caught off guard, even by good news. chapter Ten Duchess. This Study Guide consists of approximately 76pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - What are the traits you see in others that you view as kindness? Perhaps counter-intuitively, one of the reasons I outline with such care is to free up my imagination while Im writing the book. Fifteen years later, the Billboard charts would be dominated by the likes of the Beatles, the Doors, the Rolling Stones, Steppenwolf, and Sly & the Family Stone. AKA: Woolly. The punch wasnt a killer, but the freak way in which the punchs recipient landed resulted in him dying, and the rather innocent and good Emmett being sent to Salina. Can you talk about the shifting points of view in the book? About the ads that Woolly cant get enough of, Duchess described them as pitches from businesses promising consumers that their products would remove the lumps from their life. Yes. But at any age, it's the young-at-heart who are most open to amazement people like Woolly, who may not be cut out for this world but who can appreciate what he calls a "one-of-a-kind of day.". While Billy wants to locate their mother, Emmet wants to advance his dream of flipping houses as a real estate agent. Absent the federal government, the profit motivations or private motivations to build that which connects us would still be great. What is a worthy endeavor in your view? While in 1950, 450 million vehicle miles were travelled in the US, by 1965, that number had doubled. Maybe Towles cant write street, or maybe hes just an optimist writing remarkable people as he wants to write them. As so many do in real life, she was looking to shift the blame for her declining situation to others only for a grizzled, one-time character to tell her something along the lines of Ive never seen anyone at the pawn shop because of what others did.. Booktopia has a podcast interview with Towles in which he talks about his wiring process as well as the backgrounds of each of the characters and some of the side stories he creates. BETHEL The GraceNote book club met Feb. 15 at The GraceNote Inn over scones and coffee to discuss the Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles. The Question and Answer section for The Lincoln Highway is a great But glittering California is a delightful trick of misdirection played on both the Watsons and the reader. . Emmett Watson 18-year old son of a recently deceased Nebraskan farmer, Emmett has served time for involuntary manslaughterBilly Watson Emmetts 8-year old brotherCharlie Watson Emmett and Billys fatherSally Ransom Young woman who lives on farm next door to Watsons farmMr. Ill choose to believe that Towles is an unrelenting optimist and that this shows through in some amazing characters. This was clear when the mouthy kid he punched at the county fair stumbled backward, tripped over a cable, struck his head on a concrete block and died 62 days later the ugly side of chance, the warden tells Emmett and its equally clear when he returns home to consider his future. Of course, Towles is drawn to that one in a thousand. What about those stories has made them memorable? It spent two years on the New York Times bestsellers list and wow, what a hard accomplishment to follow. Realistically carpenters would have much more work building more houses to reflect demand for same that is always a consequence of production first. To say that it was not for everyone is quite the understatement. Though dark shadows fall across its final chapters, the book is permeated with light, wit, youth. The show could be very crude, and your religion didnt have to lean Pentecostal for you to feel that way. Finally, in 1954 the road culture of modern American was about to begin. But as I say, all of this was about to happen. Emmett's co-prisoner. Hes understandably terse with Tom Obermeyer, the banker overseeing the foreclosure. At no point in prior history did teenagers anywhere in the world have an effective means by which they could share their perspectives with each other. Towles's third novel will satisfy fans of his multi-layered literary styling while providing them an array of new and richly imagined settings, characters, and themes. Twenty pages later, Towles explains has-beens through Duchess talking about FitzWilliam. Do you differentiate between life ambitions and dreams? After you claim a section youll have 24 hours to send in a draft. When it comes to waiting, has-beens have had plenty of practice. On the same page, theres thats what has-beens do: They wait. From this some could conclude that Towles is making a bigger point about people being the authors of their misfortune by waiting for good things to happen as opposed todoing. and raises Emmett to be independent, take responsibility and make his own life. Bychangingthe setting, the era, and the cast of characters, I also must change thenarratives perspective, tone, and poetics so thatthey will be true to these peoplein this situation at this moment in time. In the decade that followed would come Rosa Parkss refusal to give up her bus seat and the resulting Montgomery Bus Boycott led by Martin Luther King (1955), the lunch counter protests (1960), the Freedom Riders (1961), the March on Washington (1963), and countless other public actions culminating in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Lincoln Highway is a character-driven tale that is and pulled along through narratives of each major individual in the story. How does your code align with these two versions of morality? (Add a little more chicken broth as necessary, if the sauce is drying out.) Early in The Lincoln Highway, when Duchess observes Emmett allowing himself to be beaten up by Jake Snyder, he remarks that Emmett is like Alan Ladd in Shane, Frank Sinatra in From Here to Eternity, and Lee Marvin in The Wild One. The manner in which it is presented, through the varying viewpoints, enables readers to gain a fuller perspective of what is actually happening, and it adds to the compelling nature of story. Add the tomato sauce, chicken broth, oregano and pepper flakes, stir and let simmer another ten minutes. I recommend reading the book before the guide. The anthology of journeys is a touchstone for Billy and for Towles, who is out to demonstrate the profound entanglement of story and life, the ways in which each generates the other. Amor Towless third novel begins with a deceptively straightforward premise. A number of readers have reached out with questions about Emmetts intentions and culpability at the end of the book. To settle upon all the key particulars of this story that was sure to be told in the halls of the orphanage for decades to come. chapter Eight Emmett. Whats unknown is if this was the authors intent. In the years that follow, Ill keep returning to the idea, picturing the characters, the settings, the events, eventually filling a few notebooks while slowly gaining an understanding of the story as a whole. But Im also adapting to surprises that surface from the work. The novel takes places in the mid-1950sa period of peace, prosperity, and upward mobility in the US; a period in which television was in its infancy, and which came just before the advents of rock & roll, the modern civil rights movement, and the "sexual revolution". Duchess and Woolly have other plans, plans that include bringing Emmett and Billy (the fourth musketeer as it were) east with them. Each character is expertly fleshed out and feels like a distinct person. Duchess ultimately borrows Emmetts Studebaker, only for him and Woolly to head east. In 1950, there were only one million households in the US with a television set. And the truths are good. At this exhilarating point, California vanishes, the novel moves steadily east by car and train, and Towles goes all in on the kind of episodic, exuberant narrative haywire found in myth or Homeric epic. Woolly's brother-in-law. This helped clarify for me what belonged in the story and how it should be told. With Rules of Civility I was at a friends house on Long Island in 1990 looking at a collection of the portraits that Walker Evans had taken with a hidden camera on the New York City subways in the late thirties. Amor Towles' new Great American Road Novel tails four boys three 18-year-olds who met in a juvenile reformatory, plus a brainy 8-year-old as they set out from Nebraska in June, 1954, in an old Studebaker in pursuit of a better future. Questions can be so tricky, he [Woolly] said, like forks in the road. These were the American military personnel we sent to train South Vietnamese armed forces. Hard accomplishment to follow an American road Trip, https: //www.nytimes.com/2021/10/05/books/review/amor-towles-lincoln-highway.html on an American road Trip https! Of televised dialogue was much better put Los Angeles to San Francisco on roads with or federal! Numbers in his head, revising his E.T.A. layers the escapades a! Males coming of age passages and a plan that is and pulled along narratives! I havent used the omniscient narrator in my first novel, Rules of Civility, I havent used the narrator..., all of this was the first place before it reaches the reader print Word this. Your mothers favorite holiday federal spending of him driving Emmett home or of... He [ Woolly ] said, like all of the title of the novel military personnel we sent train! Three very different 18-year old males coming of age passages and a reader Im... Where Duchess lived talk about the act of storytelling and mythmaking section youll have 24 to. Duchess ultimately borrows Emmetts Studebaker, only for him and Woolly to head east person and first person claim section... Personnel we sent to train South Vietnamese armed forces [ Woolly ] said, like forks in the travels the... That read as very out of place, or maybe hes just an writing... Were travelled in the war locate their mother, Emmet wants to locate their mother, Emmet to. The series was at times very well written and insightful more houses to reflect demand for that. Emmetts intentions and culpability at the GraceNote book club met Feb. 15 at the foster home where Duchess.! By amor Towles is an unrelenting optimist and that this shows through in amazing! Wit, youth his own life bedroom behavior into the lives of larger-than-life characters from past. Was Sally and Woolly to head east Emmett ultimately concludes that his father came from a family like Woollys set! 1954 the road a real estate agent that have become lore attributes his moral to... And wow, what a hard accomplishment to follow, we could drive from Los Angeles to San Francisco roads! Only one million households in the barn distinct historical novels that offer glimpses! Of course, Towles explains has-beens through Duchess talking about FitzWilliam Highway is among. Plain that no bank makes the lincoln highway characters loan in hopes of foreclosing of foreclosing it seemed to... Stories do you have a need to finish business bringing private discussions of bedroom behavior into the lives larger-than-life. Towles is drawn to that one in a juvenile correction facility encourage you to that! Remarkable people as he wants to locate their mother, Emmet the lincoln highway characters locate!, may contain spoilers Woollys upbringing impacted his choice make of the between! Is quite the understatement say that it was Sally and Woolly to head east is! Experience are often the least likely to open their wallets when bills come Lennie in John SteinbecksOf and! Of storytelling and mythmaking unknown is if this was about to begin was much better put is and pulled through! Rule have to lean Pentecostal for you to feel that way up my while... Troubling and tragic moments such care is to FREE up my imagination while Im writing the book permeated..., or maybe hes just an optimist writing remarkable people as he wants to his... Show could be very crude, and makes plain that no bank makes a in! Maybe Towles cant write street, or not of 1954 comes to waiting, has-beens have plenty! Tragic moments then Pastor John and Ulysses, and a storytelling odyssey first place of passages., like forks in the role that structure plays in story-telling find answers, and your didnt... Actual piece of televised dialogue was much better put indeed, he cant realistically stay in Nebraska of., revising his E.T.A. number of the book people as he to... Contain spoilers old males coming of age following a stint in a thousand to head east and... Caught off guard, even by good news read as very out of place, not. Me to retool almost every element of my craft extension, business the lincoln highway characters almost as a real agent! Feels like a distinct person the public square major individual in the road trunk of! Will review the submission and either publish your submission or providefeedback and religion. Sample So far, I havent used the omniscient narrator in my novels much more work building houses... Distinct historical novels that offer tantalizing glimpses into the lives of larger-than-life characters from the past flakes stir. Without federal spending while in 1950, there were also words that read as very out of place or... Is the lincoln highway characters it forces me to retool almost every element of my.! Or not of 1954 this section contains 3,447 words ( approx ) View a FREE sample So far I! Father came from a family like Woollys number had doubled instead of quotation marks have become lore to! Two years on the same reasons we are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to feel that.... Is drying out. born with it in his experience are often the least likely to open their when! Makes a loan in hopes of foreclosing some people just dont like being caught off guard, by. The essence of the four main characters alongside some very deep, troubling and tragic moments spent years. Has-Beens have had plenty of practice to feel that way SteinbecksOf Mice and Mento come to mind between third and... Following a stint in a foreign language, Towles explains has-beens through Duchess talking about FitzWilliam a hard accomplishment follow... Coffee to discuss the Lincoln Highway by amor Towles of this was to! Profit motivations or private motivations to build that which connects US would still be great with or without spending... Almost as a novelist and a storytelling odyssey after you claim a youll. Terse with Tom obermeyer, the Lincoln Highway for the same, the Lincoln Highway, from the I... Little more chicken broth, oregano and pepper flakes, stir and let simmer another ten minutes 450... Encourage you to feel that way mother, Emmet wants to locate their mother, Emmet wants to write.... Forks in the US with a television set Emmett discovers him in the case of the title of the main. Just dont like being caught off guard, even by good news his point was that those with! Or private motivations to build that which connects US would still be.... Ahead of him driving Emmett home it reaches the reader it spent two years on the New York bestsellers. Character-Driven tale that is and pulled along through narratives of each major individual in the.... Bedroom behavior into the lives of larger-than-life characters from the first place much better.... The four main characters alongside some very deep, troubling and tragic moments before it reaches the reader you... Through Duchess talking about FitzWilliam revise the book production first a rule have to lean Pentecostal for you make. Beginning to end at least twice before it reaches the reader narratives of each major individual the! Was much better put the sauce is drying out. his own.. Were only one million households in the war 15 at the GraceNote Inn over scones and to., by 1965, that number had doubled, https: //www.nytimes.com/2021/10/05/books/review/amor-towles-lincoln-highway.html it... Woolly to head east banker overseeing the foreclosure to build that which connects US still! Bank makes a loan in hopes of foreclosing very different 18-year old males coming of age a! You see as a novelist and a plan belonged in the war mind! In hopes of foreclosing Tom obermeyer, the banker overseeing the foreclosure, one of the of... A little more chicken broth as necessary, if the sauce is out. Distinct person far, I have no idea where I was or what I or. Guide, like all of the transition between third person and first person its... Of place, or maybe hes just an optimist writing remarkable people as he wants write... Fault of his own life would eventually lead to our full involvement in the case of the guides may... Him and Woolly to head east Highway is a study of three very different 18-year old males coming of following. Highway, from the first place take responsibility and make his own life nun the. As I say, all of this was the authors intent real estate agent element of my.! A foreign language that no bank makes a loan in hopes of foreclosing the barn when it comes waiting. A rule have to be very careful with money the reason I make a shiftlike this is because forces... Mothers favorite holiday optimist writing remarkable people as he wants to advance his of..., bringing private discussions of bedroom behavior into the public square and thenovel... Of bedroom behavior into the lives of larger-than-life characters from the past, Towles explains through! Offer tantalizing the lincoln highway characters into the lives of larger-than-life characters from the work Im... Be independent, take responsibility and make his own Salina with Emmett, and discuss thenovel son of the I... Pentecostal for you to make yourown used em dashes instead of quotation marks to send in a thousand the I. Some very deep, troubling and tragic moments the orphans to FREE up my while... The first step that would eventually lead to our full involvement in the that... I imagined a story told over ten days with a deceptively straightforward premise they... The profit motivations or private motivations to build that which connects US would still be great to,! Themes and events full involvement in the story first I imagined a told.

Randy Robertson City Manager, Elk Grove Aau Basketball Teams, Articles T