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Imagine the excitement, the thrill, the drama and the fun of a Methodist
revival in small town Kansas. And imagine what it is like for an
11-year-old boy named Edwin J. Stamford, who gets blamed for just
about everything. And who has a tattle-tale for a sister. And what
it's like trying to grow up in the midst of a religious conflict
that reminds us of coming of age in small town Kansas.
Max
Yoho brings us this story with delightful insight, wry wit and the
realism of experience. Retired from his first career, Yoho has launched
a new one as a creative writer. After a number of published poems
and short stories, he has produced THE REVIVAL, his first novel.
Don Coldsmith has called it "somewhere between HUCKLEBERRY FINN
and Booth Tarkington's PENROD AND JASPER." It is clearly a regional
novel, filled with scenes familiar not only to maturing young men
but also to many who have Protestant, small town Kansas roots. Yoho
is obviously familiar with his subject and tells a rip-roaring,
entertaining, fast-paced story.
This
is one that you will definitely want to bring to the attention of
and share with patrons. Recommended for all public, academic and
special library adult fiction and/or Kansas collections.
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