Earl Hornswaggle 4
by Mark Scott Ricketts
Earl Hornswaggle claims to be the oldest man in Bangor, Maine, clocking in, according to him, at 121 years old. However, this is the tamest of his assertions. Find yourself drawn into his gravity, and he will regale you with stories of his days as a lumber baron, schoolteacher, river driver, newspaper man, ferry operator, inventor, escape artist, and, well, the list goes on and on. It would be easy to write him off as a pathological liar, but in his oddly charismatic presence, each of his extraordinary yarns seems so very real . . .
Earl Hornswaggle does not recommend, but is frequently quoted in a book entitled A FLATLANDER’S GUIDE TO MAINE published by Islandport Press.
Earl Hornswaggle © Mark Scott Ricketts