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Disappearances

Howard Frank Mosher

1977255 pagesabout 4–6 hours
1977
first published
  • 1977Viking Press · 255 pages · ENGISBN 9780670273584
  • 1984David R. Godine · 304 pages · ENGISBN 9780879235246
  • 1985McClelland and Stewart · 255 pagesISBN 9780771065415
  • 2006Center Point Pub. · 351 pages · ENGISBN 9781585477982
  • 2006Mariner Books · 255 pages · ENGISBN 9780618694068

The time: 1932, just before the repeal of Prohibition and just shy of Wild Bill's 14th birthday. The place: Vermont, near the Canadian border. Bill's dad, desperate to preserve his cattle herd through a bitter winter, resorts to smuggling whiskey--a traditional family occupation. He takes his son on a voyage that will remain etched in the reader's mind: a journey into the demonic and spellbinding past. What they find is the genuine stuff of legends.

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