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...worldly problems seemed to be many, moreover. A former fellow tenant of Grover's describes him as "antagonistic, a brute, and a pretty fresh monkey, always ready to pick up his fists...

Author: By L.thomas Linden, | Title: A Little Fish in a Big Pond | 9/30/1955 | See Source »

...Although Grover was married during his first three years at College, he squired young ladies other than his wife around the I.A.B. pool; his first divorce enabled him to spend his senior year in Lowell House...

Author: By L.thomas Linden, | Title: A Little Fish in a Big Pond | 9/30/1955 | See Source »

...Grover's waking hours when last observed tended to be those between 3 p.m. and 1 a.m. when he was out of a job, which was often. He worked most recently at Tabor Academy, having previously been fired by everyone from the president of the Scituate Yacht Club to Liggett & Myers...

Author: By L.thomas Linden, | Title: A Little Fish in a Big Pond | 9/30/1955 | See Source »

Perhaps it was this reality, specifically the problem of alimony for a second divorce, that tempted Grover into Massachusetts' stormy Bay on July 27 last summer...

Author: By L.thomas Linden, | Title: A Little Fish in a Big Pond | 9/30/1955 | See Source »

Water so rough that the regular Wilson Line Boston-to-Provincetown steamer wasn't sailing didn't deter the man. For Grover wasn't going to have a boat follow along with him. "No one has ever swum a distance like that without a boat," he informed a life guard...

Author: By L.thomas Linden, | Title: A Little Fish in a Big Pond | 9/30/1955 | See Source »

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