The Bells of Moses Henry - Softcover

Peter Skinner

Softcover

ISBN 10: 097899745X ISBN 13: 9780978997458

Publisher: Birch Brook Press, 2008

Synopsis

Pursuing the adventures of Willie Graves, a seven-year-old mulatto boy who is accused of murdering his father, the novel sweeps across the landscape of Virginia--from his mother's bordello in Charlottesville to the majestic Chesapeake Bay to the Great Dismal Swamp to Jefferson's rotunda at the University of Virginia. In the course of his travels, Willie is introduced to the life of train-hoppers, crabbers, farm workers, juke joints, murderers, thieves, policemen, and prostitutes. Ultimately the novel becomes a gripping human story of redemption and love.

About this title

About the Author:

Peter Skinner is the author of WHITE BUFFALO, published earlier by Birch Brook Press. He is the father of three children and a stepson. He and his wife live in Virginia.

Review:

This is an exciting and generous novel. It was a pleasure to see, hear, and feel the array of characters, some of them up to no good, and some doing the right thing against heavy odds... --John D. Casey, author of SPARTINA

'The Bells of Moses Henry' not only tells a mesmerizing story, but has a cast of disparate characters whose lives blend together in a deceptively simple way...Peter Skinner has the gift--as do all good writers--of creating sentences that linger long after they've been read...Am I high on 'The Bells of Moses Henry?' Yes. --Barbara Rich, THE DAILY PROGRESS

About this edition

• Publisher: Birch Brook Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 097899745X
• ISBN 13: 9780978997458
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 366