Saranac Lake Requiem

Rating:
Summary: Best Little Town EVER!!
Review: Shel has written a remarkably credible depiction of a Saranac Lake that I had only heard stories of from Chamber of Commerce literature and civics classes. Growing up in Saranac Lake, I remember visiting many homes with cure porches, some of which were right next door; the Santanoni stared back at me from my childhood bedroom. I wonder where O'Malleys is/was in town. Little Joe's Bar?? The Pontiac Theater and Berkeley Hotel both were destroyed by fire when I was a kid, but reading Requiem, I can clearly see how central they were to the lives of visitors and locals. Shel has me excited as a writer-wannabe. One technical note: home plate to the pitcher's mound should be sixty feet, six inches.....;-)

Rating:
Summary: Best Little Town EVER!!
Review: Shel has written a remarkably credible depiction of a Saranac Lake that I had only heard stories of from Chamber of Commerce literature and civics classes. Growing up in Saranac Lake, I remember visiting many homes with cure porches, some of which were right next door; the Santanoni stared back at me from my childhood bedroom. I wonder where O'Malleys is/was in town. Little Joe's Bar?? The Pontiac Theater and Berkeley Hotel both were destroyed by fire when I was a kid, but reading Requiem, I can clearly see how central they were to the lives of visitors and locals. Shel has me excited as a writer-wannabe. One technical note: home plate to the pitcher's mound should be sixty feet, six inches.....;-)