On Kingdom Mountain

I couldn't believe I could get a book for a penny that was in such great shape

This is Howard Frank Mosher's best. It is truly magical. For those of us who came of age in "The Kingdom" and some of us have even written our own books in the same setting, there is nothing like the feeling of awe for a character like Jane, a female Paul Bunyon of sorts--maybe. There is a real Lake Memphremagog. And those of us who know its reality know also that The Kingdom is also a legend unto itself. In my case, better... Read Full Review

Not since A STRANGER IN THE KINGDOM (1989) has Mosher produced so tightly woven a narrative. A comedic performance, with parts of the book laugh-out-loud funny, the novel--an odd-ball romance masquerading as tall tale--is as finely crafted a piece of work as a Shaker chair or Louisville Slugger. Miss Jane Hubbell Kinneson, a k a "The Duchess" of Kingdom Mountain, is 50 years old, unmarried, and one of Mosher's most memorable... Read Full Review

I've truly enjoyed every book Mosher has written (especially "Northern Borders" and "A Stranger in the Kingdom"), and his latest is another very good one. Although I thought Miss Jane was a bit too eccentric and some parts of the novel were too precious, nonetheless this story of life in northern Vermont is another wonderful read. The story is engrossing, the action is compelling, the characters are fun, and the vivid descriptions... Read Full Review

Set in the Northeast Kingdom, a corner of Vermont butting up against the Canadian border, Mosher's ninth "Kingdom" novel is a "character story" featuring one of Mosher's best-drawn personalities. Jane Hubbell Kinneson, almost fifty and the owner of Kingdom Mountain, is the essence of self-reliance during the Depression which has engulfed the country. Accustomed to fending for herself, she "didn't need much income. She burned... Read Full Review