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Dorothea Graham Jensen
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A Buss from Lafayette
Teens
Author Insight
A Rather Circular Inspiration
I must confess that pretty much every time (nearly every day) that I drive on the real road leading to Hopkinton Village where this scene is set, I visualize Clara and Joss in the whisky behind the runaway Fury. (Sometimes fiction can feel more "real" than nonfiction!) I also find it entertaining that if a real Clara and Joss (and Dickon) went to Hopkinton Village today, they'd see a beautiful Lafayette Trail sign commemorating the famous Frenchman's stop across the street from Towne's store. It was my learning of that historical event which inspired me to write this book, which in turn inspired me to make the Lafayette Trail sign in my town a reality. How's THAT for a circle of inspiration!
Book Excerpt
A Buss from Lafayette
“Would you like to try, Clarie? Fury is a quiet horse, despite her name. Here, take the ribbons.”
Joss handed me the reins. Just as I closed my hands around them and he let them go, however, there was a blinding flash of lightning and a deafening crack of thunder.
At this, Fury shied. All four of her feet left the ground, and when they came down again it was at a full run. I was so startled that I dropped the reins, and then watched in growing alarm as they flapped along the ground, far, far out of reach. The whisky careered towards the village, picking up speed as it went down the hill.
Then, as if to prove that things actually could get worse, the skies opened into a torrential downpour.
“What will we do, Joss?” I shouted, trying to be heard over the sound of the deafening thunder and the rain pounding on the road.
“Hold on for dear life!” Joss shouted back. “And pray that the rise in the road before the common will slow us down!” He peered intently through the wall of rain. “Wait, I think I see Dickon Weeks coming toward us. Maybe he can stop Fury. Maybe.”
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