The story: On a walk along the marsh path a boy stops. He stares, but he can't believe his eyes. What is a piano doing sitting in the marshy woods here on Cape Cod? And what should he do? A piano doesn't belong outside, sitting on wet ground. A piano needs a rescue and a home! But where to begin this rescue and who will help him? The story behind the story: In 2008 a piano, a spinet to be precise, was discovered in the marshy woods near Harwich Port on Cape Cod. For a few days national attention focused on this small town in Massachusetts. But the whirlwind of media coverage did not last. Dorothy Hemmings-Bassett, well-known local pianist and member of the Harwich Historical Society, thought the piano's story deserved better. In The Piano in the Marsh, A Cape Cod Mystery Dorothy has created this delightful fictitious account in which she captures the mystery of the piano's journey from abandonment, to discovery and .... WAIT! Do you want to know what happened to the piano? If you do then read this book about a boy who cared and the piano he cared about!
The story: On a walk along the marsh path a boy stops. He stares, but he can't believe his eyes. What is a piano doing sitting in the marshy woods here on Cape Cod? And what should he do? A piano doesn't belong outside, sitting on wet ground. A piano needs a rescue and a home! But where to begin this rescue and who will help him? The story behind the story: In 2008 a piano, a spinet to be precise, was discovered in the marshy woods near Harwich Port on Cape Cod. For a few days national attention focused on this small town in Massachusetts. But the whirlwind of media coverage did not last. Dorothy Hemmings-Bassett, well-known local pianist and member of the Harwich Historical Society, thought the piano's story deserved better. In The Piano in the Marsh, A Cape Cod Mystery Dorothy has created this delightful fictitious account in which she captures the mystery of the piano's journey from abandonment, to discovery and .... WAIT! Do you want to know what happened to the piano? If you do then read this book about a boy who cared and the piano he cared about!
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