Word: townes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...quite Friendship Wisconsin shortly after the Civil War, A Prayer of the Dying is the story of Jacob Hansen, the town sheriff, pastor and undertaker, whose only purpose in the life is to watch over and attend to his people. As an all purpose civil servant for a disparate community, including everything from the spiritual colonists of the Wisconsin woods to simple, hardworking farm families Jake struggles to care for and understand everyone. Added to his cares is the livelihood of his own small family, and it is from his passion to love and protect all these people that...
Friendship is hit with a sudden, unexplainable epidemic. The frightful disease gnaws through the community and as confusion and fear engulf the people, their troubles are compounded by a prairie fire that threatens to incinerate the town...
Jake must decide how to comfort and save his people, both physically and spiritually, as he listens to the town bell toll death by the hour...
...Gore family has what kind of pets? If you picked horses or hamsters, you'd better try again. But don't worry, www.gore2000.com is sure even the littlest tyke on the playground will know the answer soon, thanks to their kids' town hall Web page...
...While town and gown have often been at loggerheads, Duehay was well suited to mend the breach between his alma mater and the town in which he grew up. Indeed, Duehay served in a variety of positions at the University, from being a fellow at the Institute of Politics to directing Harvard's program to train school superintendents...