The latest tomes from local authors
By Lynn Norusis
‘Open Country’
by Jeff Richards
Paycock Press
Life is made up of everyday human interactions—relationships, inner thoughts and turmoil. That is so in Jeff Richard’s “Open Country,” a novel filled with interconnected stories of soldiers, families and loved ones during the Civil War. Following the Price and Ellis families of the Ohio region, readers fall in step with the daily occurrences and thoughts of the characters, placing themselves in the mindset of those who lived through the war. (May 2015)
‘The Great Hound Match of 1905’
by Martha Wolfe
Lyons Press
In the early 1900s two men, the New England socialite Alexander Henry Higginson and the working-class ruffian Harry Worcester Smith, got into a debate over which hounds are best: English-bred foxhounds or the American breed. The Great Match was set in a rural town of Virginia and has laid claim to that area’s customs: Hunt Country. (November 2015)
‘A Year of Drinking Adventurously’
by Jeff Cioletti
Turner
As the editor-at-large of Beverage World and the founder of The Drinkable Globe, Jeff Cioletti knows a thing or two about libations. His job is to travel the world and imbibe, so why wouldn’t he write a book bringing readers into his own world and guiding them to expand their drink knowledge and palate? His weekly lessons range from beer and wine to cocktails and spirits. (November 2015)
Photo credits:
Courtesy of Lyons Press: The Great Hound Match of 1905
Courtesy of Paycock Press: Open Country
Courtesy of Turner: A Year of Drinking Adventurously
( January 2016 )
