The Ownley Inn
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Dick Clarke, in disgrace because of the theft of a valuable book from the Knowlton Library, finds himself on old Sepatonk Island, staying at the Ownley Inn, run by Seth Hammond Ownley, who, when asked the reason for the cannon on the front lawn, invariably replies, "To repel boarders." Then things begin to happen. A hurricane isolates the island; and a wrecked cruising launch starts a train of events which keeps Anne Francis, a charming girl who has quarrelled with Clarke; Perry Hale, a none-too-scrupulous book collector, and most of the other boarders, in a state of commotion and, at times, fear...
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JOSEPH CROSBY LINCOLN (February 13, 1870 - March 10, 1944) was an American author of novels, poems, and short stories, many set in a fictionalized Cape Cod. His work frequently appeared in popular magazines such as the Saturday Evening Post and The Delineator. Six of his novels were made into films.
Lincoln was born in Brewster, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod, and his mother moved the family to Chelsea, Massachusetts, a manufacturing city outside Boston, after the death of his father. Although Lincoln lived in other places during his life, his heritage of generations of Lincolns and Crosbys living on Cape Cod became the bedrock on which his poems, sketches, short stories, and novels were based.
He moved to Brooklyn, New York with his wife Florence in 1898. His first major breakthrough as a writer was the publication of the short story "Mrs. Phidgit's System" in Harper's Bazaar in 1900. That year also saw the publication of three of Lincoln's short stories and two of his poems in the Saturday Evening Post.
Upon becoming successful, Lincoln spent his winters in northern New Jersey, near the center of the publishing world in Manhattan, but summered in Chatham, Massachusetts. In Chatham, he lived in a shingle-style house named "Crosstrees" that was located on a bluff overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.
Lincoln died in in Winter Park, Florida in 1944, aged 73.
FREEMAN LINCOLN (July 16, 1900 - February 11, 1962) was an American author and the son of popular 20th century author Joseph C. Lincoln, "the man who made Cape Cod famous." Born Joseph Freeman Lincoln in Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey, he co-authored several novels with his father, including The New Hope (1941) and Blair's Attic (1929). His own novels include Battle of the St. Lawrence (1950), Sam (1931), Nod (1933) and Rebound (1936). Freeman was married to Virginia Lincoln (Cross) and the couple had two daughters, Josephine and Anne. He died in New York in 1962 aged 61.
