{"product_id":"mostly-canallers-collected-stories-9780815602149","title":"Mostly Canallers: Collected Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdmund Wilson felt this collection of twenty-four stories, originally published in 1934, contains some of Walter Edmonds' best work.\u003ci\u003e The Atlantic \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eMonthly\u003c\/i\u003e wrote that \"Upstate New York has provided Edmonds with an inexhaustible store of characters one would like to know.\" A number of the stories were award-winning and appeared in such collections as \u003ci\u003eBest Stories of 1929\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Black Wolf,\" The End of the Towpath,\" Death of Red Peril\"--these and ochers faithfully depict an era and region for which Edmonds became chief literary spokesman. Episodic and anecdotal, they catch in various ways something of the nuances of real life as it was in the days when the Erie Canal offered a passage west for many travelers and settlers and a livelihood for many more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWalter D. Edmonds\u003c\/b\u003e is famed for his historical fiction, including \u003ci\u003eRome \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eHaul\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDrums Along the Mohawk\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eChad Hanna\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written a number of other fine novels and shore stories, as well as some outstanding books for children.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Syracuse University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50845549560082,"sku":"9780815602149","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_52871c75-83d1-4d92-872a-c66e148d7fa5.jpg?v=1737353536","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mostly-canallers-collected-stories-9780815602149","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}