Through the Back Gate: Experiences and Stories of Life Close to the Land - Couverture souple

Bevard, Samuel

 
9780595465095: Through the Back Gate: Experiences and Stories of Life Close to the Land
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0595465099 ISBN 13 : 9780595465095
Editeur : iUniverse, 2007

Synopsis

Pertaining to Sam Bevard's previous book, Beginning Again: Opening Day and Other Tales, Kentucky author Garry Barker, author of Mountain Passage, has said: " The characters, locations, and stories are real, powerful, and written in plain English. Sam's direct style keeps the author from interfering with his fiction, a rare talent, and he knows what he writes. I look forward to his next collection."And here it is. This collection presents an assortment of lyric essays and rural-themed fiction in which the author explores the timeless and enduring relationship of people to place. This volume celebrates nature and the mystic thread that holds residents to their rural Kentucky roots. We find here characters both new and familiar to the author's readers as they undergo grief, romance, trouble and triumph, including: Mitch Willis, the scoffer who meets evil and redemption beneath creek waters, the adventurous and doomed Tom Bovairt, an exceptional bird dog and Charlie Tait, the remarkable boy who trained him, an aging John Hunter as he contemplates the past and future, and young Jeremiah Dale, about to face the test of war. In this second book, Sam Bevard branches out from fishing and hunting themes to encompass a wider slice of human experience.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Pertaining to Sam Bevard's previous book, Beginning Again: Opening Day and Other Tales, Kentucky author Garry Barker, author of Mountain Passage, has said: " The characters, locations, and stories are real, powerful, and written in plain English. Sam's direct style keeps the author from interfering with his fiction, a rare talent, and he knows what he writes. I look forward to his next collection."And here it is. This collection presents an assortment of lyric essays and rural-themed fiction in which the author explores the timeless and enduring relationship of people to place. This volume celebrates nature and the mystic thread that holds residents to their rural Kentucky roots. We find here characters both new and familiar to the author's readers as they undergo grief, romance, trouble and triumph, including: Mitch Willis, the scoffer who meets evil and redemption beneath creek waters, the adventurous and doomed Tom Bovairt, an exceptional bird dog and Charlie Tait, the remarkable boy who trained him, an aging John Hunter as he contemplates the past and future, and young Jeremiah Dale, about to face the test of war. In this second book, Sam Bevard branches out from fishing and hunting themes to encompass a wider slice of human experience.

Biographie de l'auteur

Sam Bevard is the author of a previous collection of fiction, Beginning Again: Opening Day and Other Tales (2006). He has written an outdoor column for the Maysville Ledger-Independent since 2001. He is a former English teacher and a retired Kentucky Probation and Parole Officer. He lives on a farm in Mason County with his wife, Ruvonna, and their two sons.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595465099
ISBN 13 
9780595465095
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
218
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Personne responsable
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