An Abundance of Devils: Book One: Just West of the Terminal Moraine - Softcover

Weller, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1425925006 ISBN 13: 9781425925000

Publisher: AuthorHouse, 2006

Synopsis

In this meaty, two-volume epic novel AN ABUNDANCE OF DEVILS (1900-1910), the kind People of New York City, heady with the "scientific charity" of the Progressive Era, foist ragamuffin Odie Hart into harrowing circumstances. Little Odie deals with New York slag and cream, eventually landing at the New York Parental School in Flushing, New York, far from "Eden," way out on the terminal moraine of Queens. Intended to eliminate warehousing of "bad boys," this real institution quickly gives way to terror and fear. Odie's spirited gang of unforgettable mugs takes us on hair-raising adventures through rat-infested tunnels. They battle Dickensian surrogate parents and amuse themselves with devilment at their peril. This picaresque novel leaps off the page with atmosphere and startling twists on real news events and high jinks. Book One is subtitled "Just West of the Terminal Moraine," and Book Two is subtitled "Just East of Eden," a white-knuckle ride for armchair historians.

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About the Author

Robert Weller has taught literature for forty years, the last eighteen at Queens College, City University of New York, where he also supervised interdisciplinary programs, directed the Adult Collegiate Education Program (ACE) for many years, and served as Assistant to the Provost. Weller has directed dozens of plays, musicals and operas. He wrote the book for Sweet Mississippi, a Broadway-styled musical comedy about Mark Twain with score and lyrics by Stewart Gordon. Recent projects include the libretto for a pirate opera, The Whydah's Gold, with score by Richard Faith. The opera had its concert premiere at the Aaron Copland School of Music in New York City in 2003. Weller and bibliographer Myron Smith authored a Sea Fiction Guide (Scarecrow Press, 1976), a comprehensive and scholarly annotated bibliography of British and American sea fiction. Weller was born in San Antonio. His B.S. is from Texas Lutheran University. Weller completed his M.A. in English at Bowling Green State University (Ohio), followed by fellowship studies at University College, University of London and doctoral work in American Studies at the Breadloaf School of English (Vermont) and the University of Maryland. He now lives in San Diego, California. An Abundance of Devils is his first novel.

About this edition

• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1425925006
• ISBN 13: 9781425925000
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 404