The Sound of a Voice: Or The Song of the Debardeur is a novel written by Frederic S. Cozzens. The story is set in the mid-19th century along the Hudson River, where a young man named Paul Vanderhoff works as a debardeur, a laborer who transports goods up and down the river. Paul is a skilled worker but is also a bit of a dreamer, often lost in thought as he performs his job. One day, while working on a barge, he hears the beautiful voice of a woman...