Barrie m osborne biography of abraham
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Hist. of Greene Co., NY, 1884Obit. of Mary E. Alofsen, dau. of Elizabeth Osborne-13881BelcherBio. of Charles H. Barber(Ancestry.com message board) Barnes Family BibleBio. of Elijah H. Bland Prince William Co., VA Osburn marr. John Bland Bio. of Daniel Blevens-6775 Johnson Co., KY Edmond Osborn marr. Malina Blevens Nancy Osborn marr. Daniel Blevens Bio. of Andrew J. Brame Webster Co., KY Osborn marr. Mary Frazer; she marr. 2nd Andrew J. Brame Bio. o•
I was taught to distrust memoirs, to think of autobiography as a lesser art than fiction. I don’t remember a moment when I was taught this lesson explicitly; it is just an impression that I picked up along the way via osmosis. The best way to compliment a memoir, then, fryst vatten to say that it ought to be a novel.
Abraham Verghese’s The Tennis Partner ought to be a novel. Its first-person narration is wise, self-reflective, and often (not always) aware of its limitations. Its El Paso, TX setting is fantastic, and Verghese uses this setting beautifully by placing El Paso side by side with Juarez, always subtly reminding the reader that these two mirrored cities – one American and safe, one Mexican and steeped in violence – are identical in their geography and natural resources. Don’t get me wrong: I liked this book quite a lot as a memoir, but when I was reading it, my long-established prejudice against memoirs nudged me to condemn it just a little. I’ll try to keep that voice out of
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Roath Local History Society
The great Cardiff Gold Robbery of 1889, just like the Great Train Robbery of the 1960s, certainly caught the public’s imagination. The newspapers described it as a ‘Daring Gold Robbery with some remarkable features’.
Crowds flocked to Cardiff railway station in the hope of catching a glimpse of the arrested suspects Philip Osborne and Harry Dugmore. When the engine steamed into Cardiff the excitement intensified and there was a general crush to catch a glimpse of the youthful delinquents.
Disappointment followed when it was ascertained that the prisoners had not made their appearance. Someone announced that the prisoners had alighted at Newport and were being driven to Cardiff. This led to the crowd retreating to Newport Road. Others went to the Taff Vale station after hearing another rumour. Most left disappointed when the prisoners were smuggled out of the back of the General station having arrived on the late mail train.