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- ID
- b263
- Title
- "The Place Where Shady Lay."
- Genre
- Story
- Page Count
- 10
- Word Count
- 2900
- Publisher
- Argosy (UK)
- Publication Year
- 1961
- Document Types
- Autobiographical
- Topics
- Boyhood, Sport
Much in the style of the Uncle Silas tales, but also related to two earlier Bates tales about his boyhood and his grandfather George Lucas ("Alexander" and "The White Pony"), this story depicts the boy, on a fruit-cart with his grandfather, becoming fascinated by an outcast man — a returned criminal, renowned for his athletic prowess.
In Argosy (January 1961), Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal and Other Stories/The Enchantress and Other Stories (1961).
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