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The stone of ebenezer is a novelization of the biblical story in i samuel 47. Ebenezer le page insights into a guernsey man spring walking festival. The book takes the form of an autobiography of an archetypal guernseyman who lives through the dramatic changes in the island of guernsey, channel islands from the late 19th century, through to the 1960s. Although it was a popular commercial success on publication, it has not received the attention that perhaps it deserves from. He had enough money to stock it well, and it took on. The reason i kept reading was the voice of the narrator, ebenezer le page. If you consign your gaze to any particular detail, you inevitably miss the. Download the book of ebenezer le page free pdf ebook online. The book is written in guernsey english with an occasional. His crusty conversational tone as he tells his life story is both endearing and riveting.

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