<p>Meet retired captain of the NYPD who now spends his time housesitting wherever the job takes him...and learns that he can never fully leave the job behind. Truxton "Tru" Lewis is looking after a house in Bluegrass Country, Kentucky, a simple enough task within a tight-knit community. But it's his
Building dry-stack stone walls
โ Scribed by Gallagher, A. Robert
- Publisher
- Atglen, PA : Schiffer
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
160 p. : 28 cm
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