title: Leaning on Cedars: A Novel
author:  Andrew C. Shurtleff 
description: "Reading this book makes one want to be oneselfyet in a world [that] attempts to turn us all into obedient consumers of superficial news bytes, politicians' rhetoric claims which we know to be untrue, and so much more."Jaan Valsiner, author, <i>The Guided Mind</i>
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  CHAPTER 1
  
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  THE THING THAT BOTHERS ME most about Upper Shuckburgh—and it’s hard to pick
  only one—is that there’s no Lower Shuckburgh. Why didn’t the founders simply
  name this rustic rolling valley Shuckburgh? Of course, a better question is
  why didn’t they give it a name that wasn’t so close to Sucksburgh or Upchuck
  or so many ot