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North woods : a novel / Daniel Mason.

Mason, Daniel (Daniel Philippe), (author.).

Summary:

"When a pair of young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become the home of an extraordinary succession of human and nonhuman characters alike. An English soldier, destined for glory, abandons the battlefields of the New World to devote himself to apples. A pair of spinster twins navigate war and famine, envy and desire. A crime reporter unearths a mass grave -- only to discover that the ancient trees refuse to give up their secrets. A lovelorn painter, a sinister conman, a stalking panther, a lusty beetle: As the inhabitants confront the wonder and mystery around them, they begin to realize that the dark, raucous, beautiful past is very much alive." -- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780593597033
ISBN: 0593597036
Physical Description: x, 372 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Publisher: New York : Random House, an imprint and division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2023]
Copyright: ©2023

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Anonymous, the "nightmaids" letter -- "Osgood's wonder," being the reminiscences of an apple-man -- The CATAMOUNT, or a true relation of a bloody encounter that lately happen'd; a song for VOICE and FIFE, to the tune of CHEERILY and MEERILY -- From "proverbs and sayings" -- The doleful account of the OWL and the SQUIRREL; or HOW THE LAND CAME TO BE FORESTED AGAIN, being an new winter's ballad; written by a pair of GRAVE sisters, for CHILDREN. To the tune THEN MY LOVE AND I WILL MARRY -- Letters to E.N. -- A DECEMBER song. Another ballad by a pair of GRAVE maids, to the tune of when Phoebus did rest, &c. FOR FIRE and VOICE -- Case notes on Robert S. -- Murder most cold -- An address to the Historical Society of Western Massachusetts -- A cure for LOVESICKNESS, being a SPRING SONG, sung to celebrate the REMEDY of a long affliction, to the tune of THE YEARNING MAID -- 3 bd, 2 ba -- Succession.