A modern mobile crane with outriggers. The latticed boom is fitted with a gib. A crane is a type of machine, generally equipped with a hoist rope, wire ropes or chains, and sheaves, that can be used both to lift and lower materials and to move them horizontally. It is mainly used for lifting heavy things and transporting them to other places.
The Optimist's Daughter is a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winning 1972 short novel by Eudora Welty.
This is the official website of Anne Whitehead... Also Bluestocking in Patagonia: Mary Gilmore's Quest for Love and Utopia at the World's End. Published by Profile Books UK 2003-2004. This site lists information about her books, screenplays, awards and reviews.