books about: hardscrabble (allegiance 1832-1856 greenhorn)

books about: hardscrabble

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Neon Dragon (Hardscrabble Books : Fiction of New England)

5 reviews
John Dobbyn

UPNE, 2007

A fine legal thriller
In Boston Michael Knight works as a third year associate attorney at Bilson, Dawes, Leftbridge & Sykes law firm. Thus he is shocked when African-American judge Amos Bradley, expected to be named to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court soon, asks him to represent his son Anthony, who is accused of killing sexagenarian Mr. Chen An-Young during a New Year's parade. The shooting has angered the ...

Green Mountains, Dark Tales (Hardscrabble Books)

4 reviews
Joseph A. Citro

UPNE, 1999

The latest in a wonderful series of Dark Tales
Yet again, I have been enthralled, scared and drawn in by Mr. Citro's tales about my home state. He even covered my home-town ghost in this installment, which thrilled me to no end. He is truly one of our master storytellers, and I highly recommend all of his work.

Running the Bulls (Hardscrabble Books)

10 reviews
Cathie Pelletier

UPNE, 2005

So funny, so sad, so fabulous!
I laughed and cried all the way through this marvelous book. I am a Cathie Pelletier fan of many years and was thrilled to find this new offering. Dare I say that the book is heart warming? Not in a sappy way, however, but because likeable people do unlikeable things but love and common sense triumph in the end.

Shadow Child (Hardscrabble Books)

14 reviews
Joseph A. Citro

UPNE, 1998

Citro is a true master of horror!
Honestly, I had never heard of Joseph Citro, until I stumbled upon a link on Amazon that led me to read about his works. I ordered two books, Shadow Child & Guardian Angels, and was very pleased with both. Shadow Child follows the travails of the Whitcome family, i.e. Clint, Pamela & Luke together with Pam's cousin, Eric Nolan through a New England winter. The Whitcome's house is in a mountainous ...

The Old American: A Novel (Hardscrabble Book)

10 reviews
Ernest Hebert

Dartmouth, 2000

The Old American is magnificent!
One day last spring, one of the other parents dropping kids off at school stopped me to say, "I stayed up late last night finishing the most wonderful book, and I have to tell someone, so I?m telling you." The book she was so ardently recommending was Ernest Hebert?s The Old American. What is it about certain books that elicits such a need to pass them along? I remember when I first read ...

Where the Rivers Flow North (Hardscrabble Books)

6 reviews
Howard Frank Mosher

Vermont, 2004

MOSHER DESERVES WIDER ATTENTION
I'm saddened to see far too many people pigeon-hole Howard Frank Mosher as a 'writer of regional interest' -- maybe only those who live along the Mississippi should read Mark Twain, then. True, Mosher's books all take place in Vermont -- but these are such well-written, absorbing stories, the characters so unforgettable, that any one who appreciates fine literature can thoroughly enjoy them. ...

Suburban Guerrillas: A Novel (Hardscrabble Books)

4 reviews
Joseph Freda

UPNE, 1996

The underlying complexity of suburbia, richly revealed.
Hurly is a small New England town, populated by small lives. But wait, there's more to life than mowed lawns, summer sun- sets, and ice cream. Just when you begin to see your own life as planned, predictable, and very common, like those in Hurly, Joe Freda and his gang of characters will teach you to peek beneath the rock to find the courageous, passionate, foolish, frustrated and loving ...

Understood Betsy (Hardscrabble Books)

35 reviews
Dorothy Canfield Fisher

Topeka Bindery, 1999

AWESOME!
This book was a joy to read. My daughter read it to her 3 oldest daughter's, a chapter at a time. They could hardly wait for "reading time" and begged for more at the end of each chapter. The life lesson in this book is so valuable. I am pleased that I have my own personal copy.

The Brigade

20 reviews

HarperCollins e-books, 2008

Compelling true account
Howard Blum has written a compelling true narrative of a small group of Jewish soldiers who fought the Nazis along side the British Army in WWII. This little known slice of history is conveyed persuasively in The Brigade. Blum discovered this small piece of history by accident when visiting the US Holocaust Museum. After he pulled together scores of interviews, he chose to tell the story ...

Guardian Angels (Hardscrabble Books)

8 reviews
Joseph A. Citro

UPNE, 1999

guardian angels
Great book by a really great author. I don not usually like sequels but this is the exception to the rule. The Gentrys are spooky and then you add a character like Joe Grant to the mix and it really makes it scary.

Alta Fay's Allegiance

3 reviews
Amber Ellis

Hardscrabble Publishing, 2005

Great for any age!
This book really made me understand about the depression now. A lot of detail. BUY THE BOOK TODAY! YOU WON'T REGRET IT! Great work, Mrs.Ellis and I can't wait for the next one.

Mettle: A Novel (Hardscrabble Books)

2 reviews
G. F. Michelsen

UPNE, 2007

Lovely, unusual novel
Michelsen excels at writing about the astounding relationship between a man and his boat. In Mettle, the boat is an ocean freighter called the Debenture, and its captain, Lorenzo Fuller, has faced tragedy in any number of other relationships. I was unable to put this book down until I found out whether Lorenzo and his Debenture wind up on the rocks. The writing is luscious, the locales (Cape ...

The Nature Notebooks (Hardscrabble Books)

2 reviews
Don Mitchell

UPNE, 2004

Eco-terrorism in Vermont.
While the issues of conservation vs. development are timely, the impressive achievement of Mitchell's book is the narrative. He cleverly tells his story Roshomon-style through the "nature notebooks" of three women who are all in the same nature writing class. The different perspectives offer an unfolding understanding of a series of events culminating in a tragedy. The pleasure comes in the ...

Bad Lie (Hardscrabble Books)

3 reviews
John Corrigan

UPNE, 2005

Enjoyable golf mystery
Golf pro Jack Austin wants to win another golf tournament. He's won one major in his ten years as a pro and wants more. But when his friend Nash learns that his father was tortured and killed, Jack has got to help. He's done his best to be a substitute father for Nash, but Nash has always maintained a fantasy that he'd reconnect, that he could rediscover the perfect father that his memory holds. ...

Pueblo, Hardscrabble, Greenhorn: Society on the High Plains, 1832-1856

2 reviews
Janet Lecompte

University of Oklahoma Press, 1999

Top quality western history
You'd never know from the dullish title, but this is an interesting, well-written, authoritative book of Western history. The subject is the upper Arkansas River valley around the present city of Pueblo -- not one of the West's most storied locations. There are a number of famous people who pass through the pages of this book -- Kit Carson, John Charles Fremont, Francis Parkman, and the Bents ...

Spoonwood (Hardscrabble Books)

2 reviews
Ernest Hebert

Dartmouth, 2005

deep New England cozy
In 1985 on a mountain ledge near Upper Darby, New Hampshire, Freddie Elman reaches his beloved Lilith Salmon only to find her dying from blood loss caused by giving birth all aloneat this isolated wilderness spot. She dies, but leaves behind a son Birch. Bitter and filled with self loathing and guilt for failing and doubting his Lilith, Freddie ignores his infant son turning to drink to dull ...

The Hair of Harold Roux (Hardscrabble Books)

2 reviews
Thomas Williams

New Hampshire, 1995

One of our finest writers
Thomas Williams has written a brilliant book that everyone should read--The Hair of Harold Roux. It is probably the finest of all Williams' novels. Written as a novel-within-a-novel, both stores involve the reader. It's one of my favorite books.

The Round Barn (Hardscrabble Books)

3 reviews
Suzi Wizowaty

UPNE, 2004

Rich characters set in a compelling story
A wonderful story set in Vermont. Ms. Wizowaty introduces a rich, varied cast of characters - artists, students, loners, lesbians - but they never become cliches. The reader is pulled into the story by the author's excellent storytelling skills; she manages to weave together several disparate sub-plots in a compelling, cohesive manner. I hope to see more novels from Ms. Wizowaty in the future!

Marie Blythe (Hardscrabble Books)

3 reviews
Howard Frank Mosher

Vermont, 2004

Another super novel of Vermont's Northeast Kingdom
In his eponymous novel Marie Blythe, Howard Frank Mosher proves again why he is one of my favorite writers. French Canadian Marie, the book's heroine, is truly a remarkable woman. She survives the loss of her parents, life with a clan of gypsies, an unmarried pregnancy and loss of her child, and near death by exposure to change her identity. Over time, she goes on to learn to read, go to normal ...

The Story of a Bad Boy (Hardscrabble Books)

3 reviews
Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Strawbery Banke Museum, 1990

a must-read for Tom Sawyer fans!
The Story of a Bad Boy is one of my favorite books. It's interesting, humorous, and touching, and gives you an inside look at the life of a boy in Massachusetts in the early 1800s. I love the author's style of writing. It seems to make the story all the more humorous, and brings you back to those olden days. I also love this book because it's a true story, and this kid led a life full of ...