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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Shavings: A Novel is a 1918 novel by Joseph C. Lincoln (1870-1944), an author especially known for stories set in fictionalized Cape Cod communities. It was published by D. Appleton and Company and illustrated by H. M. Brett. Story The novel is set in the fictional Massachusetts town of Orham during World War I. It centers on small-town life, gossip, local politics, relationships, and the community tensions created by the war and military draft. gutenberg Characters include Gabriel Bearse, a cheerful local gossip; Jed Winslow, a windmill maker; and Captain Sam Hunniwell, whose appointment to the local Exemption Board becomes an important subject of town conversation.…