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The Patent Clerk's Violin
The Patent Clerk's Violin
The Patent Clerk's Violin
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When Carl collected the violin for repairs, he could never have imagined the momentous future awaiting its owner.

A luthier repairs a Patent Office clerk’s violin in Bern, Switzerland, and thus begins the friendship of Carl and Albert, two very different people – the one involved with his physical craft on a da

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Release dateMay 23, 2019
ISBN9781950631018
The Patent Clerk's Violin
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David Ackley

David Ackley grew up in Fairbanks, Alaska and raised a family in Juneau. His professional career in Alaska included both fisheries biometrics and management positions with the state and federal governments. David is now retired and living in northern Idaho, where he began a small business in lutherie - building guitars, Irish bouzoukis, and ukuleles (www.dastringedinstruments.com). While his wife was conducting research during a recent stint in India, he devoted time to trying to improve his Tamil and writing fiction to escape the heat of mid-day. Finding himself unable to multi-task easily, the lutherie business has flagged somewhat while he gets some stories onto paper. Please visit the Rain and Breeze Books website, www.rainandbreeze.com, for more information about David and his books.

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