Kate’s 2¢: “The pilot: a tale of the sea”

    by James Fenimore Cooper

“The pilot: a tale of the sea”

    by James Fenimore Cooper

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   Ted Stoddard did a great job of reading this classic. I didn’t associate Cooper with sea tales, but this was very well done. I’ve seen three-masted schooners in full sail and they are marvelous to behold.  

A few take-aways:

–A far larger proportion of our acts are the results of sudden impulses and accidents, rather than that of reason.

–Cooper’s aim was to illustrate vessels and the ocean.

–He wished the lash to be laid aside.

–An immense body of white smoke rushed from the muzzle of the cannon, followed by a sheet of vivid fire, until loosing it’s power, it yielded to the wind. And as it rose from the water, spread like a cloud and passing through the mast of the schooner, was driven far to leeward and soon blended into the mists which were scudding before the fresh breezes of the ocean.

From the web:

BornSeptember 15, 1789 · Burlington, New Jersey, U.S.

DiedSeptember 14, 1851 (aged 61) · Cooperstown, New York, U.S.

 1789

Born in Burlington NJ.

1790

Family moved to Cooperstown NY, founded by father.

1806

Joined merchant ship Sterling crew at 17.

1808-1810

Served as midshipman in US Navy.

The first American novelist to achieve worldwide fame was James Fenimore Cooper. His stories were translated into foreign languages as soon as they were published.

During his European travels, Fenimore Cooper wrote travel notes. There were so many of them that later, when he decided to publish them, it turned out as many as five volumes.

Cooper makes use of Native American characters in his stories and highlights the often tenuous and complex relationships between them and the frontier settlers.

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The pilot: a tale of the sea DB50222

Cooper, James Fenimore; House, Kay Seymour. Reading time: 21 hours, 49 minutes.

Read by Ted Stoddard.

Classics

Adventure

A nineteenth-century sea story suggested by an episode in the life of John Paul Jones, which combines romance, intrigue, betrayal, near-shipwreck, and sea fights.

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Kate’s 2¢: “Scent of the missing: love and partnership with a search-and-rescue dog”

    by Susannah Charleson  

“Scent of the missing: love and partnership with a search-and-rescue dog”

    by Susannah Charleson  

NOTE: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as, describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ shares her thoughts about what she’s read. In her opinion…

   I read this book after hearing the interview sponsored by a guide dog support group. Many of the chapters resonated with me as I am a guide dog handler.

On 2/19/2025 2:35 PM, Annie Chiappetta via groups.io wrote:

Thought I’d share, it’s about one of the best books I’ve read in this genre in a long time.

the next Guide Dog Book Club guest author will be New York Times best-selling author Susannah Charleson on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. eastern time.

You won’t want to miss it. Susannah is a compelling speaker and will share her lifelong passion and love for our canine companions.

The book selection is Scent of the Missing love and partnership with a search and rescue dog (2010).

She is also the author of  The Possibility Dogs (2013 and Where the Lost Dogs Go: A Story of Love, Search, and the Power of Reunion (2019). All of Susannah’s books explore her life shared with working canines and her beloved dogs rescued from shelters. Susannah’s writing captures the emotions and imagery parallelling the bond developed with her search and rescue dog as to the bond we share with our guides.

About the author:

NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller Susannah Charleson works as a search specialist with her K9 partner, a Golden Retriever named Gambit, for a U.S. search-and-rescue team and research group focusing on the special-needs of the missing. Charleson was the Executive Director of Possibility Dogs, Inc., a 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to rescuing and training homeless dogs for service and therapy work which ceased operation in 2021.

Charleson’s first book, SCENT OF THE MISSING: LOVE AND PARTNERSHIP WITH A SEARCH AND RESCUE DOG (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010), was optioned for television in 2010. Her second book, THE POSSIBILITY DOGS: WHAT A HANDFUL OF “UNADOPTABLES” TAUGHT ME ABOUT SERVICE, HOPE, AND HEALING (Houghton Mifflin releases) released in June 2013.

If she’s not “beside a dog, somewhere,” Charleson — a commercial pilot and flight instructor — hopes she’s exploring, either airborne in her Piper Archer or at the keyboard on a new book.

Charleson’s books are available in print and from Audible.com

Susannah expertly narrates this book in the Audible.com version.

Amazon author profile:

Amazon.com: Susannah Charleson: books, biography, latest update

The BARD catalog number is Dbc00229 and the reading time is 11 hours.

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Topic: GDBC guest Best Selling author Susannah Charleson

Time: Feb 19, 2025, 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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From NLS/BARD/LOC:

Scent of the missing: love and partnership with a search-and-rescue dog DBC00229

Charleson, Susannah Reading time: 11 hours, 10 minutes.

Kathleen Skipper A production of Washington Talking Book and Braille Library.

Animals and Wildlife

Author Susannah Charleson, a dog lover and pilot with search experience, in the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing decided to volunteer with a local canine search team. Once she qualified to train a dog of her own, she adopted Puzzle, a strong, bright Golden Retriever puppy who exhibited unique aptitudes as a working dog but who was less interested in the role of compliant house pet. Their story includes Susannah and Puzzle’s adventures as they search for the missing–a lost teen, an Alzheimer’s patient wandering in the cold, signs of the crew amid the debris of the space shuttle Columbia disaster–and unravels the mystery of the bond between humans and dogs.

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On 2/19/2025 2:35 PM, Annie Chiappetta via groups.io wrote:

Thought I’d share, it’s about one of the best books I’ve read in this genre in a long time.

the next Guide Dog Book Club guest author will be New York Times best-selling author Susannah Charleson on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. eastern time.

You won’t want to miss it. Susannah is a compelling speaker and will share her lifelong passion and love for our canine companions.

The book selection is Scent of the Missing love and partnership with a search and rescue dog (2010).

She is also the author of  The Possibility Dogs (2013 and Where the Lost Dogs Go: A Story of Love, Search, and the Power of Reunion (2019). All of Susannah’s books explore her life shared with working canines and her beloved dogs rescued from shelters. Susannah’s writing captures the emotions and imagery parallelling the bond developed with her search and rescue dog as to the bond we share with our guides.

About the author:

NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller Susannah Charleson works as a search specialist with her K9 partner, a Golden Retriever named Gambit, for a U.S. search-and-rescue team and research group focusing on the special-needs of the missing. Charleson was the Executive Director of Possibility Dogs, Inc., a 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to rescuing and training homeless dogs for service and therapy work which ceased operation in 2021.

Charleson’s first book, SCENT OF THE MISSING: LOVE AND PARTNERSHIP WITH A SEARCH AND RESCUE DOG (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010), was optioned for television in 2010. Her second book, THE POSSIBILITY DOGS: WHAT A HANDFUL OF “UNADOPTABLES” TAUGHT ME ABOUT SERVICE, HOPE, AND HEALING (Houghton Mifflin releases) released in June 2013.

If she’s not “beside a dog, somewhere,” Charleson — a commercial pilot and flight instructor — hopes she’s exploring, either airborne in her Piper Archer or at the keyboard on a new book.

Charleson’s books are available in print and from Audible.com

Susannah expertly narrates this book in the Audible.com version.

Amazon author profile:

Amazon.com: Susannah Charleson: books, biography, latest update

The BARD catalog number is Dbc00229 and the reading time is 11 hours.

The Guide Dog Book Club Team

guidedogbookclub@groups.io

🐾 📘 🦮

Friends in Art, Inc. is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

Scent of the missing: love and partnership with a search-and-rescue dog DBC00229

Charleson, Susannah. Reading time: 11 hours, 10 minutes.

Read by Kathleen Skipper.

Animals and Wildlife

Author Susannah Charleson, a dog lover and pilot with search experience, in the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing decided to volunteer with a local canine search team. Once she qualified to train a dog of her own, she adopted Puzzle, a strong, bright Golden Retriever puppy who exhibited unique aptitudes as a working dog but who was less interested in the role of compliant house pet. Their story includes Susannah and Puzzle’s adventures as they search for the missing–a lost teen, an Alzheimer’s patient wandering in the cold, signs of the crew amid the debris of the space shuttle Columbia disaster–and unravels the mystery of the bond between humans and dogs.

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Kate’s 2¢: “Patchwork Quilt” by Leslie Meier

“Patchwork Quilt” by Leslie Meier

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   Coleen Marlo

Did a good job of narrating this interesting story. I like the way Meier echoed the patchwork theme in the way the body parts were found. Almost like fitting quilt pieces together. I too, have made quilts out of my children’s patches of life. The ending was surprising, but satisfying.

This summary was generated by AI

Meier is the author of sixteen Lucy Stone mysteries novels. She is also the one who wrote Ellery Queen’s Mystery magazine. She resided in Harwich, Massachusetts.

My books draw heavily on my experience as a mother of three and my work as a reporter for various weekly newspapers on Cape Cod. My heroine, Lucy Stone, is a reporter in the fictional town of Tinker’s Cove, Maine, …

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

Patchwork quilt murder DBC11785

Meier, Leslie. Reading time: 8 hours, 1 minute.

Read by Coleen Marlo.

Mystery and Detective Stories

When a community center opens in town, many embrace it as a space where locals of all ages can gather and create. Others view it as a waste of taxpayer dollars. The director, Darleen Busby-Platt, is no less controversial. Intense and showy, Darleen has huge plans for her new role. But Lucy Stone believes the woman isn’t exactly as warm hearted or qualified as she seems. That hunch deepens when Darleen and a young employee vanish… and dismembered remains appear! Adult. Unrated.

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