The cardinal sings again A memoir of upstate New York /northern PA. (pb 1996)

Description: The Cardinal Sings AgainA Memoir of Upstate New York and Northern PennsylvaniabyJohn T. BassettThe Glen Springs, the American Nauheim, was a sedate, international resort hotel and sanitarium, built on a hill overlooking the village of Watkins Glen and Seneca Lake, New York. It flourished from 1898 to 1939. Natural Springs on its grounds provided mineral water for its guests, without charge. Resident physicians treated patients suffering from heart disease, cancer, and lesser ailments.For Tom, the hotel was a kind of castle, an enormous, sprawling, old gray plaster palace with several arms of connecting buildings: a kind of magical place where everyone seemed happy, and were gracious to each other and to him, son of the resident musicians. They lived in its shadow on the low side of the hilly property in an old, gray, unpainted house. In the winter the steam heat that came from the hotel heated the downstairs, but not the two bedrooms upstairs where his two sisters slept. Being the eldest child, and a male, Tom was finally given the extra small bedroom downstairs, with steam heat. In the summer the kitchen roof leaked whenever it rained. Each summer they placed more and more pots and pans and bowls and even wash tubs on the floor. His father would not ask the hotel to repair the roof, and since he was a proud, sensitive violinist, it never occurred to him to repair the roof himself.

Price: 25 USD

Location: Victor, New York

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