By Peter Scott

ISBN-10: 0892726172

ISBN-13: 9780892726172

younger Henry Coombs without warning leaves this hardscrabble fishing group to hitch the military. His departure stuns his relatives that is already being affected by disorder and the perils of undesirable climate. in the context of Henry’s trip, the reader learns interesting info of existence in an army encampment, the war’s impression at the Maine domestic entrance, and the devastation of the 1918 influenza epidemic. Scott’s reward for interval element, sophisticated humor, and entirely dimensional characters makes this an engrossing and haunting novel.

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