Across the River by Richard Snodgrass

Thanks to Christina Torres of Meryl Moss Media, I am giving away one print copy of ‘Across the River’ by Richard Snodgrass.

Description Across the River by Richard Snodgrass

In the summer of 1863, Judson Walker, a captain of Morgan’s Raiders, and Jonathan Reid, a young engineer, come to Furnass to appropriate two of Colin Lyles’ steam-powered road engines. The purpose is to outfit the engines with iron plate and the newly developed Gatlin Guns, and, with Morgan, deliver the war engines to General Lee’s army in Central Pennsylvania. Amid Walker’s growing involvement with Lyle’s wife Libby, deserting soldiers, and Reid’s own agenda, Walker learns Morgan isn’t coming. The novel reaches its climax with Lyle trying to sabotage the war engines. Walker must decide between Libby and duty toward his men, the war and individual human values.

The Books of Furnass tell the story of a fictitious mill town, ten miles from Pittsburgh in southwestern Pennsylvania. At the heart of the series is the Furnass Towers Trilogy, about the efforts of men and women to maintain their lives, and the life of the town, in the face of the mill closings. In addition to contemporary life, the series chronicles the town when it was just an outpost after the French and Indian War…the town as it grew around an iron furnace in the wilderness…as it became an industrial center from the time of the American Civil War to the Vietnam War. And the series tells the story of the Lyle family, who were involved with the town from its founding to its struggles to survive after the mills went away. 

Praise Across the River by Richard Snodgrass

The writing is beautiful. The complex characters, faced daily with choices between their deepest desires and their integrity, in the midst of war, make compelling reading. This book stands alone, while stoking the desire for rest of the books in the series. — IndieReader

The author’s impressive achievement is to upend the simplistic interpretation of the Civil War: two sides warring against each other out of perfectly confident and implacable hate. A thoughtful and powerfully written war novel. — Kirkus Reviews

Snodgrass shows himself to be a master storyteller and creates scenes so tangibly you can almost smell the leather of the saddles. This isn’t an action-heavy plot, but it doesn’t need to be. The suspense that builds up about these characters’ true identity, and intentions, builds steadily from the very first pages and rarely lets up, pushing boundaries of loyalty, love, country, and humanity. —Self-Publishing Review

About Richard Snodgrass

RICHARD SNODGRASS’ short stories and essays have appeared in the New England Review, Bread Loaf Quarterly, South Dakota Review, California Review, and other publications. He is the recipient of a fellowship from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and has been artist in residence at LightWorks, in Syracuse, New York, and at the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, in Taos, New Mexico.

His first novel, There’s Something in the Backyard, garnered praise in the Washington Post with, “Observe this mysterious book and be changed.” Books in the popular Furnass Towers Trilogy are The Building, Some Rise and All Fall Down. The Building was one of five Finalists for the National Indie Excellence Award in Literary Fiction. His other books include An Uncommon Field: The Flight 93 Temporary Memorial, and Kitchen Things: An Album of Vintage Utensils and Farm Kitchen Recipes, which was named one 2013’s “best books to get you thinking about food” by the Associated Press.

Website: http://richardsnodgrass.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Furnass/

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