Post-American Revolution teen Peter Loon is charged by his mother to find her long-lost love and along the way teams up with former-seafaring parson Zachariah, with whom he is swept up in a fierce territorial battle between wealthy landowners and hardscrabble homesteaders. 10,000 first printing.
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A polished master of the cozy, with characters as colorful as all get-out. New York Times Return with Reid to a less cynical age. Reid's impersonation of a late-Enlightenment novelist is persuasive, and Peter himself is engagingly picaresque. The Instrumentalist Reid's one-man campaign to resurrect the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century novel is a campaign well worth enlisting in. Don't miss Peter Loon. [starred review] Kirkus Reid has an excellent sense of dramatic situation, draws shrewd characters, and makes good use of suspense. Writing with power, restraint, and light comic touch, he keeps a surprise till the last. [starred review] Booklist Hopeful ... a gentle and engaging reminder that America is more than a nation of individuals; it is also a nation of ideas. Bangor Daily News Van Reid's latest is sure to enlarge his circle of admirers. Baltimore Sun
Van Reid's family has lived in Edgecomb, Maine, since the 1800s. Reid was a long-time bookseller and lives with his wife and children in a house Reid and his brother built on their family's land. He also wrote a series of novels about the Moosepath League which take place in the late 1800s on coastal Maine.
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Deep in the woods of Maine, the Revolutionary War is still fresh in settlers' minds as a young man named Peter Loon sets off at his mother's urging to find a mysterious person. Peter, who has never been away from his home, quickly falls into a series of startling entanglements. He befriends a nomadic parson with a seafaring past and whose humble intelligence and steady head prove useful, especially when the two find themselves in the middle of a bitter land battle. Crisscrossing between the two sides, Peter and Parson Leach tread the razor-thin line between law and justice. With the inimitable storytelling, exquisitely etched characters, and gentle humor that make Reid such a master, Peter Loon is a breathtaking tale of high adventure and great humility. Seller Inventory # 00105052203
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Deep in the woods of Maine, the Revolutionary War is still fresh in settlers' minds as a young man named Peter Loon sets off at his mother's urging to find a mysterious person. Peter, who has never been away from his home, quickly falls into a series of startling entanglements. He befriends a nomadic parson with a seafaring past and whose humble intelligence and steady head prove useful, especially when the two find themselves in the middle of a bitter land battle. Crisscrossing between the two sides, Peter and Parson Leach tread the razor-thin line between law and justice. With the inimitable storytelling, exquisitely etched characters, and gentle humor that make Reid such a master, Peter Loon is a breathtaking tale of high adventure and great humility. Seller Inventory # CIN067003052XVG
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