{"product_id":"howard-frank-mosher-and-the-james-robert-saunders-9780786478569","title":"Howard Frank Mosher and the Classics: Echoes in the Vermont Writer's Works","description":"\u003cp\u003e Howard Frank Mosher has spent the greater part of his career depicting a relatively isolated section of Vermont known as the Northeast Kingdom. Yet, even as he writes about that particular area in the Green Mountain State, he is investigating age-old themes from among the best English and American literary works. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eDisappearances\u003c\/i\u003e (1977), signaled the arrival of a master craftsman harkening us back to Melville's \u003ci\u003eBilly Budd\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/i\u003e, in terms of humankind's struggle against an ever present evil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A full 33 years after the publication of his first novel, the Vermont author, in \u003ci\u003eWalking to Gatlinburg\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), examined the polarity between cowardice and honor. In the intervening years, between \u003ci\u003eDisappearances\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGatlinburg\u003c\/i\u003e, Mosher explored crucial matters such as the disappearing wilderness, industrialization, black male\/white female encounters, the necessity of humor, the quest for salvation, and the immortality of romantic love, all issues that he delved into as he staked out a unique terrain within the pantheon of Bunyan, Shakespeare, Dreiser, Twain, Faulkner, Steinbeck, Harper Lee, and others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Robert Saunders\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 078647856X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786478569\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/04\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 5.90w x 0.60d","brand":"James Robert Saunders","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48435692994815,"sku":"9780786478569","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b4b199a1-93a8-4a52-ad4b-6511d5338150.jpg?v=1777152068","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/howard-frank-mosher-and-the-james-robert-saunders-9780786478569","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}