To most of the world a Yankee is an American. To those below the Mason-Dixon line it is anyone not from the South. And in the rest of the country it means a New Englander. Yet even here there are standouts. Whose families go back 15 generations to the Mayflower, but have not made or spent much money since. Shrewd, independent, traditional rural people. …
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