“From one of our all-time favorite novelists comes a wonderful memoir/travelog championing the independent bookstores of America. How could we NOT love this book! Just before turning 65, Mosher was diagnosed with prostate cancer, and after surviving the treatment, he faced his own mortality in the best possible way—with a road-trip. In his 20-year-old Chevy Celebrity he set out from his home in New England on what would become his 20,000-mile Great American Book Tour, accompanied by the ghost of his Uncle Rex. Rex and the boyhood Howard had dreamed of visiting literary landmarks across America but had never managed to actually make the trip. The Great Northern Express is about a lot of things—cancer, baseball, teaching and living in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, and, above all, bookstores and booksellers who are passionate (or crazy) enough to stay in this business. Told with honesty, poignancy and plenty of humor, this memoir is an absolute gem—and it will explain to all of you why we gladly come to work at the Goose every morning.”—Kristine, Snow Goose Bookstore, Stanwood, WA. Buy The Great Northern Express from your local indie.
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The Great Northern Express by Howard Frank Mosher
March 13, 2012