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    Keepin’ the Beat: And All That Jazz
    Keepin’ the Beat: And All That Jazz
    Keepin’ the Beat: And All That Jazz
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    Keepin’ the Beat: And All That Jazz

    By Lewis Hill

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    Third in a series of poetry books that have been warmly appreciated, alongside the short stories and editing an autobiography of his father.

    Previous titles:

    Milestones :A development
    In Exilio
    Clasped in Prayer
    Speedbird (autobiography of Don Hill-father)-forty years in the airline business!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse UK
    Release dateNov 15, 2013
    ISBN9781491882795
    Keepin’ the Beat: And All That Jazz
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    Lewis Hill

    The late Lewis Hill, a beloved and best-selling Storey author, grew more than 20,000 trees on his farm in Greensboro, Vermont. He was also a member of the National Christmas Tree Association and the New Hampshire-Vermont Christmas Tree Association.

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      Keepin’ the Beat - Lewis Hill

      Keepin’ the Beat

      And All That Jazz

      LEWIS HILL

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      © 2013 by Lewis Hill. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      Published by AuthorHouse 11/07/2013

      ISBN: 978-1-4918-8278-8 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4918-8279-5 (e)

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      Contents

      At the Community School, Swiss Cottage, May 2008

      Oxford by Train, August 2011

      A Fecund Second Look at Oxford Once Again

      Complimenti di Londra (gli Olympici di due mille dodici)

      Exeter in April, 2012

      Reflected Thoughts and MeditationsOn the Waterloo to Walton Train, remembering my late mother’s birthday

      A Green Tree: (Engedi)

      Metanoia: A Damascus Journey

      Re-Birth 15.8.12(remembering Dec 1979-the Obstetrics tests)

      Like A Byrd Released

      Keeping a Straight Bat

      First Snow 2013 (at The British Library by Kings International Station)

      Reclaiming the Lowlands (damaged by coastal erosion of a life)

      Paper, Scissors, Stone

      Per Ardua ad Astra

      Song

      Canzone

      Io

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