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Sing for the Lonesome Messenger
Sing for the Lonesome Messenger
Sing for the Lonesome Messenger
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Maggie Maise, a wandering, bewildered reporter with an elusive past, takes a job at Ore Town's newspaper, The Messenger. What begins as a newspaper job quickly becomes an odyssey into the memories of a vanishing generation raised during the Great Depression and subjected to the atrocities of World War II. Maggie finds herself weaving their stori

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Release dateMar 9, 2024
ISBN9798218370428
Sing for the Lonesome Messenger
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David Edward Edwards

David Edward Edwards is a former newspaper reporter and managing editor, having spent decades in newsrooms. His work received awards of excellence from the Associated Press and/or the Michigan Press Association in categories including Investigative Reporting, Editorial Writing, Editorial Page Column, Feature Writing, and News Photo. He resides in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

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