He grew up within 50 miles of it. They're small white shells, and there are many of them on the beaches. Now you see them, then the water comes up and they're gone. My guess is that's certainly what would have happened to this book. That's what happens to most of the records people keep.
Most people disappear.
I found paraphrases. I found snippets. The book's title comes from a poem published in the Geneva Free Press-Times on June 6, 1918. Annie was Mrs. B.H. Perrin, and that's part of the story. That's how she signed her name.