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    A Travelogue in Twenty-Six Easy Pieces
    A Travelogue in Twenty-Six Easy Pieces
    A Travelogue in Twenty-Six Easy Pieces
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    A Travelogue in Twenty-Six Easy Pieces

    By Thomas M. McDade

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    Itinerary visits: Paris = 10, Ireland = 1, Montreal = 1, Quebec = 2, Turkey = 1, Florence = 2, Pisa = 2, Portugal = 1, Manhattan = 2, Utah = 2, Atlanta = 1, Queens, NY = 1, Rhode Island = 1, Connecticut = 1
    All poems previously published (See Acknowledgements)
    Author snapped the two photos that make up the cover he created

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThomas M. McDade
    Release dateFeb 3, 2021
    ISBN9781005813963
    A Travelogue in Twenty-Six Easy Pieces
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    Thomas M. McDade

    Thomas M. McDade is a seventy-seven-year-old former programmer/analyst residing in Fredericksburg, VA, previously, in CT & RI. He's married, has no kids, and no pets. McDade is a 1973 graduate of Fairfield University. He served two tours of duty in the U.S. Navy. tommmcd2000@yahoo.com

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      A Travelogue in Twenty-Six Easy Pieces - Thomas M. McDade

      A Travelogue in Twenty-Six Easy Pieces By Thomas M. McDade

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2021 Thomas M. McDade

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      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

      Special thanks to the following publications that have published these pieces:

      Pawtucket Times, Door Is A Jar, Credo Espoir, Pif Magazine, Softblow, Written Tales, Academy of Heart and Mind, Sparks of Calliope, As It Ought To Be Magazine, Rat’s Ass Review, The World of Myth, Paris Lit Up, Ariel Chart, Pantalon, WordCurd, Beliveau Review, Knotting House Review, Sentinel Literary Quarterly, Tripod Cat, As Loud As It’s Kept Magazine

      Cover comprised of photos snapped by the author.

      Contents

      Requests

      Walls

      Family Spuds

      Manhattan, 1993

      Leaning and Learning

      Oporto Portugal, 1976

      Last Trip

      Christo’s Bridge

      Canyon Views

      Haydn and Vivaldi in the Cold

      The Sewers

      Visiting Elsa Whitt

      A Brief Tour of the Senses

      Unknowns, Paris, 1985

      Utah Birthing

      Atlanta

      Renaissance Rain

      Sucre

      Stamford, Connecticut to Grand Central Terminal

      Swinging Pisa

      Ephesus Again

      Florence, Loggia dei Lanza

      Pachyderm and Pearls

      Reputation

      The Trinity

      Beatrice Twice

      Requests

      Just a honey locust out front but

      the name of this Paris street café

      translates to Country Manor.

      It’s

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