THE LONG RIVER HOME

Smith, Larry

ISBN 10: 1933964316 / ISBN 13: 9781933964317

Published by Bottom Dog Press, 2009

240pp. Softback, VG, Set in southern Ohio's Appalachia, regional novel of four generations of the McCall family , their joy and sorrow, sins and nobility, from 1861 on a farm near McArthur, Ohio, to the steel mills in Mingo decades later, a novel based on the history of the author's ancestors. Seller Inventory # w120112051

Synopsis:

A novel of family life in Appalachia...four decades of the McCall family which moves from rural Southern Ohio to the industrial Ohio River Valley. It is a story of working men and women and their struggles and joys set in real Midwest country.

About the Author: Larry Smith is a native of Mingo Junction, Ohio, in Appalachia�s Panhandle region of the Ohio River Valley. Smith has worked as a steel mill laborer, a high school teacher, a college professor, and a writer and editor. A graduate of Mingo Central High School, Muskingum College, and Kent State University, he is the author of seven books of poetry, a book of memoirs, two books of fiction, two biographies of authors Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Kenneth Patchen, and two books of translations from the Chinese. Now a professor emeritus of Bowling Green State University�s Firelands College, he is the director of the Firelands Writing Center there and of Bottom Dog Press. Smith has received an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Ohio Arts Council, and a Fulbright Lectureship in American Literature to Italy. The author is a requested speaker on creative writing, publishing, American Transcendental writers, Zen Buddhist writings, and working-class literature. Smith is the father of three adult children, and is married to Ann Smith a family counselor and professor emerita of Nursing at the Toledo University of Ohio. This is an autobiographical novel.

Bibliographic Details

Title: THE LONG RIVER HOME
Publisher: Bottom Dog Press
Publication Date: 2009
Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition