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FROM: Nanci Milone Hill <nhill@noblenet.org>
REC'D: 4/9/02, 12:20 PM

>Hello fellow list members,
>
>I am tapping the collective brain in hopes of coming up with a suggested
>reading list for our Adult Summer Reading Program. The theme in
>Massachusetts this year is "Star Spangled Summer." I would like to put
>together a list of titles that take place in each state in which the
>setting is an integral part of the story. I'm just finishing Prodigal
>Summer, by Barbara Kingsolver which takes place in the Appalachians.
>The setting of this story, the mountains, farm life, the area's flora
>and fauna are an integral part of the story. This is the type of title
>I am interested in including in this list. I have searched the archives
>and have been unable to locate any suggestions. Any help you might be
>able to offer would be greatly appreciated. I would be more than happy
>to post the results to the list.
>
>Thanks in advance -

--
Nanci Milone Hill, Assistant Director
Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Wakefield Massachusetts
nhill@noblenet.org
North of Boston Library Exchange

FROM: "ROBIN BEERBOWER" <RBEERBOWER@mail.open.org>
REC'D: 4/9/02, 12:31 PM

For Oregon:

JUMP-OFF CREEK by Molly Gloss
RICOCHET RIVER by Robin Cody
WINTERKILL and other titles by Craig Lesley


Robin Beerbower
Outreach Services
Salem Public Library
PO Box 14810
Salem, OR 97309
503-588-6089


>>> nhill@noblenet.org 04/09 10:17 AM >>>
>Hello fellow list members,
>
>I am tapping the collective brain in hopes of coming up with a suggested
>reading list for our Adult Summer Reading Program. The theme in
>Massachusetts this year is "Star Spangled Summer." I would like to put
>together a list of titles that take place in each state in which the
>setting is an integral part of the story. I'm just finishing Prodigal
>Summer, by Barbara Kingsolver which takes place in the Appalachians.
>The setting of this story, the mountains, farm life, the area's flora
>and fauna are an integral part of the story. This is the type of title
>I am interested in including in this list. I have searched the archives
>and have been unable to locate any suggestions. Any help you might be
>able to offer would be greatly appreciated. I would be more than happy
>to post the results to the list.
>
>Thanks in advance -

--
Nanci Milone Hill, Assistant Director
Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Wakefield Massachusetts
nhill@noblenet.org
North of Boston Library Exchange

FROM: janice@nwlink.com (Janice Burwash, Burlington Public Library)
REC'D: 4/9/02, 12:42 PM

For Washington State two suggestions are "Snow Falling on Cedars" and East
of the Mountains" both by David Guterson


Janice Burwash, Resource Coordinator

Burlington Public Library
900 East Fairhaven Ave
Burlington, WA 98233
Phone (360) 755-0760 Fax (360) 755-0717
janice@nwlink.com

FROM: "Dusty Gres" <gresd@mail.toombs.public.lib.ga.us>
REC'D: 4/9/02, 12:53 PM

The Georgia Humanities Council has two discussion programs featuring books
located and centered in Georgia. All of these are excellent for discussion
groups. Also an excellent title for looking at life in Georgia is this
year's "All Georgia Reading the Same Book" -- Ecology of a Cracker Childhood
by Janisse Ray.

Georgia Through Time: features The Home Concealed Woman, Tobacco Road, Wise
Blood, The Color Purple and Peachtree Street, USA.

Georgia Rites of Passage: features Cold Sassy Tree, Homeplace, Baby of the
Family, The Last Radio Baby and Run With the Horseman.


*****
Dusty Gres, Director
Ohoopee Regional Library System
Hdqrts: Vidalia-Toombs County Library
610 Jackson Street
Vidalia, GA 30474
PH: (912)537-9283
FAX: (912) 537-3735
Email: gresd@mail.toombs.public.lib.ga.us
Web: http://www.toombs.public.lib.ga.us

-----Original Message-----
From: Fiction_L@maillist.webrary.org
[mailto:Fiction_L@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Nanci Milone Hill
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 1:18 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: sense of place


>Hello fellow list members,
>
>I am tapping the collective brain in hopes of coming up with a suggested
>reading list for our Adult Summer Reading Program. The theme in
>Massachusetts this year is "Star Spangled Summer." I would like to put
>together a list of titles that take place in each state in which the
>setting is an integral part of the story. I'm just finishing Prodigal
>Summer, by Barbara Kingsolver which takes place in the Appalachians.
>The setting of this story, the mountains, farm life, the area's flora
>and fauna are an integral part of the story. This is the type of title
>I am interested in including in this list. I have searched the archives
>and have been unable to locate any suggestions. Any help you might be
>able to offer would be greatly appreciated. I would be more than happy
>to post the results to the list.
>
>Thanks in advance -

--
Nanci Milone Hill, Assistant Director
Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Wakefield Massachusetts
nhill@noblenet.org
North of Boston Library Exchange

FROM: "ROBIN BEERBOWER" <RBEERBOWER@mail.open.org>
REC'D: 4/9/02, 1:14 PM

And how could I forget Ken Kesey's SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION for Oregon.

Robin

Robin Beerbower
Outreach Services
Salem Public Library
PO Box 14810
Salem, OR 97309
503-588-6089


>>> nhill@noblenet.org 04/09 10:17 AM >>>
>Hello fellow list members,
>
>I am tapping the collective brain in hopes of coming up with a suggested
>reading list for our Adult Summer Reading Program. The theme in
>Massachusetts this year is "Star Spangled Summer." I would like to put
>together a list of titles that take place in each state in which the
>setting is an integral part of the story. I'm just finishing Prodigal
>Summer, by Barbara Kingsolver which takes place in the Appalachians.
>The setting of this story, the mountains, farm life, the area's flora
>and fauna are an integral part of the story. This is the type of title
>I am interested in including in this list. I have searched the archives
>and have been unable to locate any suggestions. Any help you might be
>able to offer would be greatly appreciated. I would be more than happy
>to post the results to the list.
>
>Thanks in advance -

--
Nanci Milone Hill, Assistant Director
Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Wakefield Massachusetts
nhill@noblenet.org
North of Boston Library Exchange

FROM: Julie Nelson <jnelson@tscpl.lib.ks.us>
REC'D: 4/9/02, 1:57 PM

I think these titles are evocative of the land and people of Kansas:
The Last Cattle Drive by Robert Day
Firebird by Janice Graham
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

Julie Nelson
Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library
jnelson@tscpl.lib.ks.us

FROM: Vicki Novak - LIBRARYX <vickinovak@MAIL.MARICOPA.GOV>
REC'D: 4/9/02, 2:07 PM

For Arizona-
Fiction:
These is my words by Nancy E. Turner
Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver
The Bean trees by Barbara Kingsolver
La Maravilla by Alfredo Vea
Joanna Brady series by J.A. Jance

Nonfiction:
Going back to Bisbee by Richard Shelton
Desert wife by Hilda Faunce
The secret knowledge of water by Craig Childs
Vanished Arizona by Martha Summerhayes


Vicki Novak
vickinovak@mail.maricopa.gov

Adult Services
North Central Regional Library
Maricopa County Library District
17811 N. 32nd St.
Phoenix, AZ 85032-1201

http://mcld.maricopa.gov

-----Original Message-----
From: Nanci Milone Hill [mailto:nhill@noblenet.org]
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 10:18 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: sense of place


>Hello fellow list members,
>
>I am tapping the collective brain in hopes of coming up with a suggested
>reading list for our Adult Summer Reading Program. The theme in
>Massachusetts this year is "Star Spangled Summer." I would like to put
>together a list of titles that take place in each state in which the
>setting is an integral part of the story. I'm just finishing Prodigal
>Summer, by Barbara Kingsolver which takes place in the Appalachians.
>The setting of this story, the mountains, farm life, the area's flora
>and fauna are an integral part of the story. This is the type of title
>I am interested in including in this list. I have searched the archives
>and have been unable to locate any suggestions. Any help you might be
>able to offer would be greatly appreciated. I would be more than happy
>to post the results to the list.
>
>Thanks in advance -

--
Nanci Milone Hill, Assistant Director
Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Wakefield Massachusetts
nhill@noblenet.org
North of Boston Library Exchange

FROM: Kathryn Shaw <kshaw@brantford.library.on.ca>
REC'D: 4/9/02, 2:18 PM

Although this book does not take place in just one state, I think
that "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson would work.

Kathryn Shaw
Brantford Public Library

Nanci Milone Hill wrote:

>>Hello fellow list members,
>>
>>I am tapping the collective brain in hopes of coming up with a suggested
>>reading list for our Adult Summer Reading Program. The theme in
>>Massachusetts this year is "Star Spangled Summer." I would like to put
>>together a list of titles that take place in each state in which the
>>setting is an integral part of the story. I'm just finishing Prodigal
>>Summer, by Barbara Kingsolver which takes place in the Appalachians.
>>The setting of this story, the mountains, farm life, the area's flora
>>and fauna are an integral part of the story. This is the type of title
>>I am interested in including in this list. I have searched the archives
>>and have been unable to locate any suggestions. Any help you might be
>>able to offer would be greatly appreciated. I would be more than happy
>>to post the results to the list.
>>
>>Thanks in advance -
>>
>

FROM: "M. Wms." <mmwm@adelphia.net>
REC'D: 4/9/02, 2:29 PM

Nanci,

We maintain a list of fiction booklists; here's the link to fiction
set in the Americas, where setting is important to the story (many
states represented):
http://www.waterboro.lib.me.us/bklistt.htm#geoams

~ Molly Wms.
--
Molly Williams, Volunteer, Waterboro Public Library (Maine)
daily library weblog: http://www.waterboro.lib.me.us/blog.htm


Nanci Milone Hill wrote:

>>Hello fellow list members,
>>
>>I am tapping the collective brain in hopes of coming up with a suggested
>>reading list for our Adult Summer Reading Program. The theme in
>>Massachusetts this year is "Star Spangled Summer." I would like to put
>>together a list of titles that take place in each state in which the
>>setting is an integral part of the story. I'm just finishing Prodigal
>>Summer, by Barbara Kingsolver which takes place in the Appalachians.
>>The setting of this story, the mountains, farm life, the area's flora
>>and fauna are an integral part of the story. This is the type of title
>>I am interested in including in this list. I have searched the archives
>>and have been unable to locate any suggestions. Any help you might be
>>able to offer would be greatly appreciated. I would be more than happy
>>to post the results to the list.
>>
>>Thanks in advance -
>>
>

FROM: "Laura McCaffery" <Lmccaffery@acpl.lib.in.us>
REC'D: 4/9/02, 2:29 PM

Some older YA books that are great for older readers are those by the Hoosier author Crystal Thrasher. Set in southern Indiana in the 1930, The Dark Didn't Catcht Me is the start of the series about a large and poor in money family. It was great for book talking to older people.

Laura Hibbets McCaffery
Readers Services
Allen County Public Library
900 Webster Street
Fort Wayne IN 46802
260-421-1200x2303
This is my opinion and mine alone. The
views, opinions, and judgements
expressed in this message are solely
those of the author. The message
contents have not been reviewed or
approved by the Allen County Public
Library.

>>> mmwm@adelphia.net 04/09/02 02:18PM >>>
Nanci,

We maintain a list of fiction booklists; here's the link to fiction
set in the Americas, where setting is important to the story (many
states represented):
http://www.waterboro.lib.me.us/bklistt.htm#geoams

~ Molly Wms.
--
Molly Williams, Volunteer, Waterboro Public Library (Maine)
daily library weblog: http://www.waterboro.lib.me.us/blog.htm


Nanci Milone Hill wrote:

>>Hello fellow list members,
>>
>>I am tapping the collective brain in hopes of coming up with a suggested
>>reading list for our Adult Summer Reading Program. The theme in
>>Massachusetts this year is "Star Spangled Summer." I would like to put
>>together a list of titles that take place in each state in which the
>>setting is an integral part of the story. I'm just finishing Prodigal
>>Summer, by Barbara Kingsolver which takes place in the Appalachians.
>>The setting of this story, the mountains, farm life, the area's flora
>>and fauna are an integral part of the story. This is the type of title
>>I am interested in including in this list. I have searched the archives
>>and have been unable to locate any suggestions. Any help you might be
>>able to offer would be greatly appreciated. I would be more than happy
>>to post the results to the list.
>>
>>Thanks in advance -
>>
>

FROM: Spencer Ms Martha <Martha.Spencer@usmc-mccs.org>
REC'D: 4/9/02, 2:49 PM

North Carolina--Cold Mountain

Martha

-----Original Message-----
From: Nanci Milone Hill [mailto:nhill@noblenet.org]
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 10:18 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: sense of place


>Hello fellow list members,
>
>I am tapping the collective brain in hopes of coming up with a suggested
>reading list for our Adult Summer Reading Program. The theme in
>Massachusetts this year is "Star Spangled Summer." I would like to put
>together a list of titles that take place in each state in which the
>setting is an integral part of the story. I'm just finishing Prodigal
>Summer, by Barbara Kingsolver which takes place in the Appalachians.
>The setting of this story, the mountains, farm life, the area's flora
>and fauna are an integral part of the story. This is the type of title
>I am interested in including in this list. I have searched the archives
>and have been unable to locate any suggestions. Any help you might be
>able to offer would be greatly appreciated. I would be more than happy
>to post the results to the list.
>
>Thanks in advance -

--
Nanci Milone Hill, Assistant Director
Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Wakefield Massachusetts
nhill@noblenet.org
North of Boston Library Exchange

FROM: Barry Trott <btrott@mail.wrl.org>
REC'D: 4/9/02, 3:00 PM

Elswyth Thane -- Dawn's Early Light
Ellen Glasgow -- Virginia
William Styron -- Lie Down in Darkness
Mary Lee Settle -- O, Beulah Land
Mary Johnston -- The Long Roll


Barry

*******************************************************************************
Barry Trott 7770 Croaker Rd.
Adult Services Director Williamsburg VA 23188
Williamsburg Regional Library Phone: 757-259-4053
btrott@mail.wrl.org FAX: 757-259-4079
http://www.wrl.org/bookweb/
*******************************************************************************

On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, Nanci Milone Hill wrote:

> >Hello fellow list members,
> >
> >I am tapping the collective brain in hopes of coming up with a suggested
> >reading list for our Adult Summer Reading Program. The theme in
> >Massachusetts this year is "Star Spangled Summer." I would like to put
> >together a list of titles that take place in each state in which the
> >setting is an integral part of the story. I'm just finishing Prodigal
> >Summer, by Barbara Kingsolver which takes place in the Appalachians.
> >The setting of this story, the mountains, farm life, the area's flora
> >and fauna are an integral part of the story. This is the type of title
> >I am interested in including in this list. I have searched the archives
> >and have been unable to locate any suggestions. Any help you might be
> >able to offer would be greatly appreciated. I would be more than happy
> >to post the results to the list.
> >
> >Thanks in advance -
>
> --
> Nanci Milone Hill, Assistant Director
> Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Wakefield Massachusetts
> nhill@noblenet.org
> North of Boston Library Exchange
>
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>

FROM: Carrie Herrmann <cherrman@bcpl.org>
REC'D: 4/9/02, 3:00 PM

Last fall we did a five week mystery series. Each week featured a different
type of mystery. One of the weeks was the "Atmoshpere of Mystery." We looked
at how sense of place affected the novel. Some of the auhtors we discussed
were:
Tony Hillerman-Southwest
James Lee Burke-New Orleans
Sharyn McCrumb-Appalachia
Sara Paretsky-Chicago
Robert B. Parker-Boston
Thomas H. Cooke-Maine
Jonathan Lethem-New York

Carrie A. Herrmann
Access Services Coordinator
Boone County Public Library
859-384-5550 (phone)
859-394-5557 (fax)
cherrman@bcpl.org

FROM: Barry Trott <btrott@mail.wrl.org>
REC'D: 4/9/02, 3:11 PM

North Carolina

Reynolds Price
Fred Chappell

Kentucky

Wendell Berry

Barry

*******************************************************************************
Barry Trott 7770 Croaker Rd.
Adult Services Director Williamsburg VA 23188
Williamsburg Regional Library Phone: 757-259-4053
btrott@mail.wrl.org FAX: 757-259-4079
http://www.wrl.org/bookweb/
*******************************************************************************

On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, Nanci Milone Hill wrote:

> >Hello fellow list members,
> >
> >I am tapping the collective brain in hopes of coming up with a suggested
> >reading list for our Adult Summer Reading Program. The theme in
> >Massachusetts this year is "Star Spangled Summer." I would like to put
> >together a list of titles that take place in each state in which the
> >setting is an integral part of the story. I'm just finishing Prodigal
> >Summer, by Barbara Kingsolver which takes place in the Appalachians.
> >The setting of this story, the mountains, farm life, the area's flora
> >and fauna are an integral part of the story. This is the type of title
> >I am interested in including in this list. I have searched the archives
> >and have been unable to locate any suggestions. Any help you might be
> >able to offer would be greatly appreciated. I would be more than happy
> >to post the results to the list.
> >
> >Thanks in advance -
>
> --
> Nanci Milone Hill, Assistant Director
> Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Wakefield Massachusetts
> nhill@noblenet.org
> North of Boston Library Exchange
>
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>

FROM: kdugan@wepl.lib.oh.us
REC'D: 4/9/02, 3:11 PM

Dana Stabenow - Alaska

----- Original Message -----
From: Carrie Herrmann <cherrman@bcpl.org>
Date: Tuesday, April 9, 2002 3:47 pm
Subject: sense of place

> Last fall we did a five week mystery series. Each week featured a
> different
> type of mystery. One of the weeks was the "Atmoshpere of
> Mystery." We looked
> at how sense of place affected the novel. Some of the auhtors we
> discussed
> were:
> Tony Hillerman-Southwest
> James Lee Burke-New Orleans
> Sharyn McCrumb-Appalachia
> Sara Paretsky-Chicago
> Robert B. Parker-Boston
> Thomas H. Cooke-Maine
> Jonathan Lethem-New York
>
> Carrie A. Herrmann
> Access Services Coordinator
> Boone County Public Library
> 859-384-5550 (phone)
> 859-394-5557 (fax)
> cherrman@bcpl.org
>
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>

FROM: Viccy Kemp <Viccy.Kemp@cityofcarrollton.com>
REC'D: 4/9/02, 3:11 PM

For historic Texas, I would recommend Jane Roberts Wood's books: Train to
Estelline; A place called Sweet Shrub and Dance a little longer.
Viccy Kemp
The opinions are my own; the library wouldn't want 'em!

-----Original Message-----
From: kdugan@wepl.lib.oh.us [mailto:kdugan@wepl.lib.oh.us]
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 3:02 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: sense of place


Dana Stabenow - Alaska

----- Original Message -----
From: Carrie Herrmann <cherrman@bcpl.org>
Date: Tuesday, April 9, 2002 3:47 pm
Subject: sense of place

> Last fall we did a five week mystery series. Each week featured a
> different
> type of mystery. One of the weeks was the "Atmoshpere of
> Mystery." We looked
> at how sense of place affected the novel. Some of the auhtors we
> discussed
> were:
> Tony Hillerman-Southwest
> James Lee Burke-New Orleans
> Sharyn McCrumb-Appalachia
> Sara Paretsky-Chicago
> Robert B. Parker-Boston
> Thomas H. Cooke-Maine
> Jonathan Lethem-New York
>
> Carrie A. Herrmann
> Access Services Coordinator
> Boone County Public Library
> 859-384-5550 (phone)
> 859-394-5557 (fax)
> cherrman@bcpl.org
>
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>

FROM: Katherine Johnson <kjohnson@epexchange.epnet.com>
REC'D: 4/9/02, 3:31 PM

For a star-spangled reading experience in North Carolina, read Inglis
Fletcher's books about the Scots colonists in NC.

Of course, the obvious contemporary title is Cold Mountain, by Charles
Frazier, but there are lots of other NC authors whose books take place
specifically in NC. Mysteries: the Judge Deborah Knott series by
Margaret Maron; Science Fiction by Manly Wade Wellman, some of which is
actually set in NC. Mainstream novels and mysteries by Michael Malone.
There are a lot of others, but this is a sampling.

--
Katherine Bradley Johnson
NoveList Database Specialist
NoveList/EBSCO
kjohnson@epnet.com
2634 Chapel Hill Blvd., Ste. 208
Durham, NC 27707-2830 USA
(919) 489-9412 x206 (voice)
(919) 489-7263 (fax)

Die Welt des Mδrchens ist die, der Welt der Wahrheit
durchaus entgegengesetzte und eben darum ihr so
durchaus δhnlich, wie das Chaos der vollendeten
Schφpfung δhnlich ist." -- NOVALIS.

FROM: "ROBIN BEERBOWER" <RBEERBOWER@mail.open.org>
REC'D: 4/9/02, 3:43 PM

Here are some more:

Dorothea Frank - SULLIVAN'S ISLAND and PLANTATION (both S Carolina)
Anne Rivers Siddons - COLONY (for Maine seacoast) and OUTER BANKS.

Robin Beerbower

>>> nhill@noblenet.org 04/09 10:17 AM >>>
>Hello fellow list members,
>
>I am tapping the collective brain in hopes of coming up with a suggested
>reading list for our Adult Summer Reading Program. The theme in
>Massachusetts this year is "Star Spangled Summer." I would like to put
>together a list of titles that take place in each state in which the
>setting is an integral part of the story. I'm just finishing Prodigal
>Summer, by Barbara Kingsolver which takes place in the Appalachians.
>The setting of this story, the mountains, farm life, the area's flora
>and fauna are an integral part of the story. This is the type of title
>I am interested in including in this list. I have searched the archives
>and have been unable to locate any suggestions. Any help you might be
>able to offer would be greatly appreciated. I would be more than happy
>to post the results to the list.
>
>Thanks in advance -

--
Nanci Milone Hill, Assistant Director
Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Wakefield Massachusetts
nhill@noblenet.org
North of Boston Library Exchange

FROM: "Joy Tofteland" <tofteland@ankeny.k12.ia.us>
REC'D: 4/9/02, 3:53 PM

A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley for Iowa. Michael Carey has several books
of poetry that are also rooted in the Iowa farmland.

Joy Tofteland
Reference/ Technical Resources Librarian
Kirkendall Public Library
Ankeny, IA

-----Original Message-----
From: Fiction_L@maillist.webrary.org
[mailto:Fiction_L@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Nanci Milone Hill
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 12:18 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: sense of place


>Hello fellow list members,
>
>I am tapping the collective brain in hopes of coming up with a suggested
>reading list for our Adult Summer Reading Program. The theme in
>Massachusetts this year is "Star Spangled Summer." I would like to put
>together a list of titles that take place in each state in which the
>setting is an integral part of the story. I'm just finishing Prodigal
>Summer, by Barbara Kingsolver which takes place in the Appalachians.
>The setting of this story, the mountains, farm life, the area's flora
>and fauna are an integral part of the story. This is the type of title
>I am interested in including in this list. I have searched the archives
>and have been unable to locate any suggestions. Any help you might be
>able to offer would be greatly appreciated. I would be more than happy
>to post the results to the list.
>
>Thanks in advance -

--
Nanci Milone Hill, Assistant Director
Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Wakefield Massachusetts
nhill@noblenet.org
North of Boston Library Exchange

FROM: "Laura McCaffery" <Lmccaffery@acpl.lib.in.us>
REC'D: 4/9/02, 4:25 PM

Michael Martone has several books that show Indiana as does Jean Shepherd and Booth Tarkinton.

Laura Hibbets McCaffery
Readers Services
Allen County Public Library
900 Webster Street
Fort Wayne IN 46802
260-421-1200x2303
This is my opinion and mine alone. The
views, opinions, and judgements
expressed in this message are solely
those of the author. The message
contents have not been reviewed or
approved by the Allen County Public
Library.

>>> tofteland@ankeny.k12.ia.us 04/09/02 03:40PM >>>
A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley for Iowa. Michael Carey has several books
of poetry that are also rooted in the Iowa farmland.

Joy Tofteland
Reference/ Technical Resources Librarian
Kirkendall Public Library
Ankeny, IA

-----Original Message-----
From: Fiction_L@maillist.webrary.org
[mailto:Fiction_L@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Nanci Milone Hill
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 12:18 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: sense of place


>Hello fellow list members,
>
>I am tapping the collective brain in hopes of coming up with a suggested
>reading list for our Adult Summer Reading Program. The theme in
>Massachusetts this year is "Star Spangled Summer." I would like to put
>together a list of titles that take place in each state in which the
>setting is an integral part of the story. I'm just finishing Prodigal
>Summer, by Barbara Kingsolver which takes place in the Appalachians.
>The setting of this story, the mountains, farm life, the area's flora
>and fauna are an integral part of the story. This is the type of title
>I am interested in including in this list. I have searched the archives
>and have been unable to locate any suggestions. Any help you might be
>able to offer would be greatly appreciated. I would be more than happy
>to post the results to the list.
>
>Thanks in advance -

--
Nanci Milone Hill, Assistant Director
Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Wakefield Massachusetts
nhill@noblenet.org
North of Boston Library Exchange

FROM: Mary K Chelton <mchelton@optonline.net>
REC'D: 4/9/02, 4:46 PM

Margaret Marron's books about Deborah Knott in North Carolina, as well as
Anne Tyler's books set in Baltimore both have very strong senses of place in
them.

Mary K.
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FROM: Jonathan Pearce <able209@attbi.com>
REC'D: 4/9/02, 5:18 PM

on 4/9/02 12:04 PM, Kathryn Shaw at kshaw@brantford.library.on.ca wrote:

> Nanci Milone Hill wrote: (re "sense of place")

The book that has haunted me ever since I read it for the first time (and
that, when I read passages from it to high school students some years ago
brought a significant number to tears) was Son of the Morning Star by Evan
Connell. It evokes the Dakotas peerlessly. The environment is of course a
significant element in the story, which is about George Armstrong Custer's
last foray there.
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FROM: "Georgine Olson" <georgine.olson@fnsb.lib.ak.us>
REC'D: 4/9/02, 6:52 PM

Here's a url to a bibliography of fiction about Alaska that gives a good
sense of what Alaska is (or was) like - all annotations are by Alaskans:
http://akla.org/nc/Akficblurbs.doc

The bibliography grew out of genre study sessions in Fairbanks and at our
statewide library conference in 2001 - the "genre" was Alaskana fiction -
"good reads" - and these passed the test.......

Georgine Olson

Outreach Services Manager
Fairbanks North Star Borough Public Library & Regional Center
1215 Cowles Street
Fairbanks AK 99701

ph: 907-459-1020
fax: 907-459-1024

-----Original Message-----
From: Fiction_L@maillist.webrary.org
[mailto:Fiction_L@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Nanci Milone Hill
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 9:18 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: sense of place

>Hello fellow list members,
>
>I am tapping the collective brain in hopes of coming up with a suggested
>reading list for our Adult Summer Reading Program. The theme in
>Massachusetts this year is "Star Spangled Summer." I would like to put
>together a list of titles that take place in each state in which the
>setting is an integral part of the story. I'm just finishing Prodigal
>Summer, by Barbara Kingsolver which takes place in the Appalachians.
>The setting of this story, the mountains, farm life, the area's flora
>and fauna are an integral part of the story. This is the type of title
>I am interested in including in this list. I have searched the archives
>and have been unable to locate any suggestions. Any help you might be
>able to offer would be greatly appreciated. I would be more than happy
>to post the results to the list.
>
>Thanks in advance -

--
Nanci Milone Hill, Assistant Director
Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Wakefield Massachusetts
nhill@noblenet.org
North of Boston Library Exchange

FROM: "christine jeffords" <sevenstars39@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 4/10/02, 7:29 AM

For Oklahoma: "The Long Summer of George Adams" and "Lonesome Traveller," by
Weldon Hill.

The Appalachian region is ably served by Janice Holt Giles's non-historical
novels.

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FROM: "Marla" <marla@orion.mtgr.mtlib.org>
REC'D: 4/10/02, 8:23 AM

Have to mention *The Breaking of Ezra Riley* by John Moore.
Wonderful descriptions of eastern Montana -- both in winter and
summer.... BYE!

Marla/Great Falls Public Library/Acquisitions
301 2nd Ave N
Great Falls MT 59401-2593
marla@orion.mtgr.mtlib.org

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FROM: "christine jeffords" <sevenstars39@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 4/10/02, 8:33 AM

If nonfiction is allowed, Gladys Taber and Louise Dickinson Rich are
especially good for New England.

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FROM: "christine jeffords" <sevenstars39@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 4/10/02, 9:06 AM

Florida: almost anything by John D. MacDonald--the state is almost a
secondary character in the books.

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FROM: "christine jeffords" <sevenstars39@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 4/10/02, 9:17 AM

While not specific to any given state, I find that Loula Grace Erdman's
novels have a strong sense of "the Plains."

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FROM: Jean Langlais <jlanglai@linc.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 4/10/02, 9:27 AM

I found the sense of place in these novels particularly memorable:

Richard Russo's Empire Falls - small factory town in coastal Maine
Joe Lansdale"s The Bottoms - East Texas, Depression Era
Josephine Humphreys' Nowhere Else on Earth - Robeson County, N. Carolina,
Civil War era

Not sure of the accuracy in regards to East Texas or North Carolina, but
the depiction of the same Maine factory town is quite good.

FROM: "christine jeffords" <sevenstars39@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 4/10/02, 9:38 AM

If you can find any of the "Rivers of America" series--I've seldom found any
books so evocative of regions.

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FROM: "Ellen Reynolds (PLS-HQ)" <ereynolds@pls-net.org>
REC'D: 4/10/02, 10:52 AM

City of Light by Lauren Belfer, (1999) takes place at the turn of the 20th
century in Buffalo, New York and, as well as being a good story, gives a
fine representation of the time and locale - especially the development of
the Niagara power plant and the Pan-American Exposition.


Ellen J. Reynolds ereynolds@pls-net.org
Adult Services Coordinator
Pioneer Library System pls-net.org
4595 Rt. 21 N. 585-394-8260 (V)
Canandaigua, NY 14424 585-394-1035 (FAX)

-----Original Message-----
From: Fiction_L@maillist.webrary.org
[mailto:Fiction_L@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Nanci Milone Hill
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 9:18 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: sense of place

>Hello fellow list members,
>
>I am tapping the collective brain in hopes of coming up with a suggested
>reading list for our Adult Summer Reading Program. The theme in
>Massachusetts this year is "Star Spangled Summer." I would like to put
>together a list of titles that take place in each state in which the
>setting is an integral part of the story. I'm just finishing Prodigal
>Summer, by Barbara Kingsolver which takes place in the Appalachians.
>The setting of this story, the mountains, farm life, the area's flora
>and fauna are an integral part of the story. This is the type of title
>I am interested in including in this list. I have searched the archives
>and have been unable to locate any suggestions. Any help you might be
>able to offer would be greatly appreciated. I would be more than happy
>to post the results to the list.
>
>Thanks in advance -

--
Nanci Milone Hill, Assistant Director
Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Wakefield Massachusetts
nhill@noblenet.org
North of Boston Library Exchange

FROM: "M. Wms." <mmwm@adelphia.net>
REC'D: 4/10/02, 11:12 AM

These are all writers of fiction:

For northern Maine, I thought Cathie Pellietier's books (fiction)
were good. Also Cynthia Thayer.

For rural southern Maine, Carolyn Chute's novels, Gladys Hasty
Carroll's novels.

Elisabeth Ogilvie, Ruth Moore, Van Reid, Ben Ames Williams, for
coastal Maine.

Also, mysteries by Sarah Graves and Gerry Boyle.

You can find more on all of these at
http://www.waterboro.lib.me.us/maineaut/setinmaine.htm

~ Molly Wms.
--
Molly Williams, Volunteer, Waterboro Public Library (Maine)
daily library weblog: http://www.waterboro.lib.me.us/blog.htm

FROM: Kathleen Stipek <kstipek@exchange.acld.lib.fl.us>
REC'D: 4/10/02, 11:23 AM

George V. Higgins gives a very good taste of the seamier side of
lower-middle-class Boston and environs--The Friends of Eddie Coyle, The
Digger's Game, etc.

Stephen King's horror yarns set in Maine often give a very clear picture of
the people he's about to scare to death or kill off.

........................................................................
.....................
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Library District (FMG), 401 E. University AV, Gainesville FL 32601
(kstipek@exchange.acld.lib.fl.us)
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ellen Reynolds (PLS-HQ) [mailto:ereynolds@pls-net.org]
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 11:46 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Sense of place


City of Light by Lauren Belfer, (1999) takes place at the turn of the 20th
century in Buffalo, New York and, as well as being a good story, gives a
fine representation of the time and locale - especially the development of
the Niagara power plant and the Pan-American Exposition.


Ellen J. Reynolds ereynolds@pls-net.org
Adult Services Coordinator
Pioneer Library System pls-net.org
4595 Rt. 21 N. 585-394-8260 (V)
Canandaigua, NY 14424 585-394-1035 (FAX)

-----Original Message-----
From: Fiction_L@maillist.webrary.org
[mailto:Fiction_L@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Nanci Milone Hill
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 9:18 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: sense of place

>Hello fellow list members,
>
>I am tapping the collective brain in hopes of coming up with a suggested
>reading list for our Adult Summer Reading Program. The theme in
>Massachusetts this year is "Star Spangled Summer." I would like to put
>together a list of titles that take place in each state in which the
>setting is an integral part of the story. I'm just finishing Prodigal
>Summer, by Barbara Kingsolver which takes place in the Appalachians.
>The setting of this story, the mountains, farm life, the area's flora
>and fauna are an integral part of the story. This is the type of title
>I am interested in including in this list. I have searched the archives
>and have been unable to locate any suggestions. Any help you might be
>able to offer would be greatly appreciated. I would be more than happy
>to post the results to the list.
>
>Thanks in advance -

--
Nanci Milone Hill, Assistant Director
Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Wakefield Massachusetts
nhill@noblenet.org
North of Boston Library Exchange

FROM: Bruce Bumbalough <bbumbalough@grapevine.lib.tx.us>
REC'D: 4/10/02, 12:24 PM

Kent Haruf's novels have a sense of place about the High Plains of
Colorado.

--
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Reference Librarian
Grapevine Public Library
Grapevine, Texas

Voice: (817) 410-3404
Fax: (817) 410-3084
email: bbumbalough@grapevine.lib.tx.us

The opinions are mine.

FROM: "rsfenn" <rsfenn@illinoisalumni.org>
REC'D: 4/10/02, 4:01 PM

I would add "Centennial", by James Michener as a necessary addition. Two of my favorites are "When the Legends Die" by Hal Borland and "Fire in the Hole" by Sybil Downing.

Becky Fenn
Bemis Public Library
Littleton, CO

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Bruce Bumbalough <bbumbalough@grapevine.lib.tx.us>
Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <Fiction_L@maillist.webrary.org>
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 11:45:39 -0500

>Kent Haruf's novels have a sense of place about the High Plains of
>Colorado.
>
>--
>Bruce L. Bumbalough
>Reference Librarian
>Grapevine Public Library
>Grapevine, Texas
>
>Voice: (817) 410-3404
>Fax: (817) 410-3084
>email: bbumbalough@grapevine.lib.tx.us
>
>The opinions are mine.
>
>
>
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FROM: "christine jeffords" <sevenstars39@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 4/11/02, 7:35 AM

>From: "rsfenn" <rsfenn@illinoisalumni.org>
>Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <Fiction_L@maillist.webrary.org>
>To: Fiction_L <fiction_l@maillist.webrary.org>
>Subject: Re: Sense of Place (Colorado)
>Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 17:00:27 -0400
>
>I would add "Centennial", by James Michener as a necessary addition.

And for Texas, his "Texas," of course!

Hal Borland's "High, Wide and Lonesome" and "Country Editor's Boy" might
suit for Colorado also. And Ralph Moody's books about his boyhood and youth
("Little Britches" and on) cover both West and East, though I'm not sure of
the exact states.

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FROM: Bsbgc@aol.com
REC'D: 4/11/02, 9:31 AM

I think you will find the sense of place particularly evocative in Mary Alice
Monroe's new novel, THE BEACH HOUSE (MIRA, May 2002). It's set on the Isle
of Palms, South Carolina, amid the nesting cycle of the loggerhead sea
turtle. It also explores the bonds between mothers and daughters.

I would also suggest the category and single title romance novels of
Elizabeth Lowell, who always invokes a strong sense of place. (The American
West; Washington State, the Far East). Also Nora Roberts' Irish settings,
and her Eastern shore-set novels. (Among many others, of course)

And in the historical vein, I would recommend Mary Jo Putney's Veils of Silk
and Silk and Secrets, as well as her "Bride" books - The China Bride and The
Bartered Bride.


Binnie Syril Braunstein
Romance novelist/former librarian

FROM: Bsbgc@aol.com
REC'D: 4/11/02, 9:53 AM

Patricia Rice's latest novel, ALMOST PERFECT (February 2002. Ivy Books),
evokes a strong sense of place with its coastal NC setting. Although the
setting in the book is imaginary, readers in Beaufort (NC & SC), Hilton Head,
Myrtle Beach, etc., should find this particularly enjoyable.

Binnie Syril Braunstein
Romance novelist/former librarian

FROM: "Nan Palmer" <palmernan@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 4/11/02, 10:15 AM

Hi, FictionL-ers,

Has anyone else read the fabulous new "Enemy Women," by Paulette Jiles? I
finished this book over a week ago, and I'm still in the hills of Missouri
with the protagonist. How's that for sense of place?

Nan Palmer, Multi-purpose Librarian
Maud Preston Palenske Memorial Library
St Joseph MI 49085

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FROM: "Susan T. Byra" <sbyra@emrl.lib.ms.us>
REC'D: 4/11/02, 10:48 AM

Who has more sense of place than Faulkner or Welty for Mississippi?
There's even a book entitled "Sense of place" either by or about
Welty. In mysteries, the Martin Hagwood series set on the Gulf Coast
of Mississippi is very good in evoking that "coastal" feeling too.

--
Susan T. Byra, MLS
Director, East Miss. Regional Library

Now I believe that there are unicorns - William Shakespeare

FROM: "Marney Cooley" <Mcooley@frlib.org>
REC'D: 4/11/02, 10:26 AM

For a great "sense" of Montana, try Ivan Doig's "This House of Sky".
Marney Cooley, Director
Flat Rock Public Library
25200 Gibraltar Rd.
Flat Rock, MI 48134
734 782-3444
fax: 734 789-8266

Fax: 734 789-8266
e-mail: mcooley@frlib.org
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marla" <marla@orion.mtgr.mtlib.org>
To: "Fiction_L" <fiction_l@maillist.webrary.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 8:17 AM
Subject: sense of place -- reply


>
>
> Have to mention *The Breaking of Ezra Riley* by John Moore.
> Wonderful descriptions of eastern Montana -- both in winter and
> summer.... BYE!
>
> Marla/Great Falls Public Library/Acquisitions
> 301 2nd Ave N
> Great Falls MT 59401-2593
> marla@orion.mtgr.mtlib.org
>
>
>
> *************
> For reason will convince us that what is necessary to be
> performed in the heat of action should constantly be
> practised in the leisure of peace.
> Vegetius, EPITOMA REI MILITARIS
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html

FROM: Kathleen Stipek <kstipek@exchange.acld.lib.fl.us>
REC'D: 4/11/02, 1:18 PM

Eliot Pattison's Skull Mantra and Water Touching Stone give a remarkable
flavor of contemporary Tibet under Chinese occupation.

........................................................................
.....................
Kathleen Stipek, Adult Services/Interlibrary Loans, Alachua County
Library District (FMG), 401 E. University AV, Gainesville FL 32601
(kstipek@exchange.acld.lib.fl.us)
352-334-3938 (v) 352-334-3948 (f)

"Non, merci."--Cyrano de Bergerac


-----Original Message-----
From: Spencer Ms Martha [mailto:Martha.Spencer@usmc-mccs.org]
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 1:40 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: RE: sense of place -- reply


There is a new memoir, just out, called Breaking Clean by Judy Blunt that is
very evocative of Montana environment and culture. Excellent book.

Martha

-----Original Message-----
From: Marney Cooley [mailto:Mcooley@frlib.org]
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 9:58 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: sense of place -- reply


For a great "sense" of Montana, try Ivan Doig's "This House of Sky".
Marney Cooley, Director
Flat Rock Public Library
25200 Gibraltar Rd.
Flat Rock, MI 48134
734 782-3444
fax: 734 789-8266

Fax: 734 789-8266
e-mail: mcooley@frlib.org
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marla" <marla@orion.mtgr.mtlib.org>
To: "Fiction_L" <fiction_l@maillist.webrary.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 8:17 AM
Subject: sense of place -- reply


>
>
> Have to mention *The Breaking of Ezra Riley* by John Moore.
> Wonderful descriptions of eastern Montana -- both in winter and
> summer.... BYE!
>
> Marla/Great Falls Public Library/Acquisitions
> 301 2nd Ave N
> Great Falls MT 59401-2593
> marla@orion.mtgr.mtlib.org
>
>
>
> *************
> For reason will convince us that what is necessary to be
> performed in the heat of action should constantly be
> practised in the leisure of peace.
> Vegetius, EPITOMA REI MILITARIS
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html

FROM: Bruce Bumbalough <bbumbalough@grapevine.lib.tx.us>
REC'D: 4/11/02, 1:07 PM

Hal Borland's "High, Wide and Lonesome" has a strong sense of place for the High Plains as well.

rsfenn wrote:

> I would add "Centennial", by James Michener as a necessary addition. Two of my favorites are "When the Legends Die" by Hal Borland and "Fire in the Hole" by Sybil Downing.
>
> Becky Fenn
> Bemis Public Library
> Littleton, CO
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: Bruce Bumbalough <bbumbalough@grapevine.lib.tx.us>
> Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <Fiction_L@maillist.webrary.org>
> Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 11:45:39 -0500
>
> >Kent Haruf's novels have a sense of place about the High Plains of
> >Colorado.
> >
> >--
> >Bruce L. Bumbalough
> >Reference Librarian
> >Grapevine Public Library
> >Grapevine, Texas
> >
> >Voice: (817) 410-3404
> >Fax: (817) 410-3084
> >email: bbumbalough@grapevine.lib.tx.us
> >
> >The opinions are mine.
> >
> >
> >
> >......................................................................
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> >
>
>
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Grapevine Public Library
Grapevine, Texas

Voice: (817) 410-3404
Fax: (817) 410-3084
email: bbumbalough@grapevine.lib.tx.us

The opinions are mine.

FROM: Spencer Ms Martha <Martha.Spencer@usmc-mccs.org>
REC'D: 4/11/02, 12:45 PM

There is a new memoir, just out, called Breaking Clean by Judy Blunt that is
very evocative of Montana environment and culture. Excellent book.

Martha

-----Original Message-----
From: Marney Cooley [mailto:Mcooley@frlib.org]
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 9:58 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: sense of place -- reply


For a great "sense" of Montana, try Ivan Doig's "This House of Sky".
Marney Cooley, Director
Flat Rock Public Library
25200 Gibraltar Rd.
Flat Rock, MI 48134
734 782-3444
fax: 734 789-8266

Fax: 734 789-8266
e-mail: mcooley@frlib.org
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marla" <marla@orion.mtgr.mtlib.org>
To: "Fiction_L" <fiction_l@maillist.webrary.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 8:17 AM
Subject: sense of place -- reply


>
>
> Have to mention *The Breaking of Ezra Riley* by John Moore.
> Wonderful descriptions of eastern Montana -- both in winter and
> summer.... BYE!
>
> Marla/Great Falls Public Library/Acquisitions
> 301 2nd Ave N
> Great Falls MT 59401-2593
> marla@orion.mtgr.mtlib.org
>
>
>
> *************
> For reason will convince us that what is necessary to be
> performed in the heat of action should constantly be
> practised in the leisure of peace.
> Vegetius, EPITOMA REI MILITARIS
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html

FROM: "Margaret Mallett" <MMallett@itpld.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 4/11/02, 2:00 PM

Calvin Trillin's "Tepper Isn't Going Out" certainly took me back to my
days in NYC (where parking is a common topic of conversation)!

Margaret Mallett, Reference Librarian
IndianTrails Public Library
355 So. Schoenbeck Road
Wheeling IL 60090
mmallett@itpld.lib.il.us

FROM: "Judith Rossa" <jrossa@brdgprtpl.lib.ct.us>
REC'D: 4/11/02, 2:11 PM

One of my all time favorites, Howard Frank Mosher, who writes about
northern Vermont.

Also:
Russell Banks, New Hampshire.

Howard Norman, Newfoundland.

Alistair MacLeod, Nova Scotia.


Judy Rossa
Bridgeport (CT) PL

FROM: Carol Carlson <ccarlson@twinsburg.lib.oh.us>
REC'D: 4/11/02, 4:58 PM

Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson.

FROM: Jsimowski@aol.com
REC'D: 4/11/02, 7:59 PM

Ernest Hemingway set several of his novels in Michigan and there are 3 mystery writers who set their books in Michigan: Steve Hamilton (the U.P.), Elmore Leonard (Detroit), and Loren D. Estleman (Detroit).

Joyce M. Simowski
Canton Public Library
Canton, MI 48188

FROM: Vicki Nesting <vnestin@bellsouth.net>
REC'D: 4/11/02, 9:34 PM

Love Medicine or Beet Queen by Louise Erdrich - North Dakota
Red Earth, White Earth by Will Weaver (I think) - Minnesota
Any of Jon Hassler's books - Minnesota
Poachers by Tom Franklin - Alabama
Storming Heaven by Denise Giardina - West Virginia
A Farm Under a Lake by Martha Bergland - Wisconsin/Illinois


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Vicki Nesting, Regional Branch Librarian
St. Charles Parish
East Regional Library
Destrehan, Louisiana
vnesting@stcharles.lib.la.us
vnestin@bellsouth.net

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

FROM: Bsbgc@aol.com
REC'D: 4/11/02, 9:45 PM

Dear Fiction_Ler's -

In my enthusiasm to mention a wonderful book (Patricia Rice's ALMOST PERFECT
set in North Carolina, I really meant to say coastal South Carolina - in the
Beaufort area.

May I say that even when I was a map librarian (in another life!) I was
geographically challenged. The 4 hour trip from Baltimore to Williamsburg
took 7 hours, which included getting lost on Rt 60/64, ending up in downtown
Richmond on a Sunday afternoon, and generally feeling like a dork. It never
ceases to amaze me that the explorers and pioneers actually made it to the
West.

Anyway - mea culpa!

Binnie Syril Braunstein
Romance novelist/former librarian

FROM: Spencer Ms Martha <Martha.Spencer@usmc-mccs.org>
REC'D: 4/12/02, 7:26 AM

And as one who lives near Beaufort, NC, may I add that NC pronounces
Beaufort as BOWfort and SC as BEWfort.

Martha

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Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 7:38 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Sense of Place - North Carolina - NOT!


Dear Fiction_Ler's -

In my enthusiasm to mention a wonderful book (Patricia Rice's ALMOST PERFECT

set in North Carolina, I really meant to say coastal South Carolina - in the

Beaufort area.

May I say that even when I was a map librarian (in another life!) I was
geographically challenged. The 4 hour trip from Baltimore to Williamsburg
took 7 hours, which included getting lost on Rt 60/64, ending up in downtown

Richmond on a Sunday afternoon, and generally feeling like a dork. It never

ceases to amaze me that the explorers and pioneers actually made it to the
West.

Anyway - mea culpa!

Binnie Syril Braunstein
Romance novelist/former librarian

FROM: "Melissa Bishop" <floralib@carlnet.org>
REC'D: 4/12/02, 9:57 AM

Breaking Clean is an EXCELLENT suggestion. Before or after, read We
Pointed Them North, by E.C. "Teddy Blue" Abbott, from the University of
Oklahoma Press. This is autobiographical account of cowboy and ranch
life, mostly in Montana, in the late 1800s, early 1900s. Some things
haven't changed.

Melissa Bishop
floralib@carlnet.org

FROM: "Roberts, Julie" <roberju@rolling-meadows.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 4/12/02, 12:10 PM

What about all of the mysteries set in Chicago or other parts of Illinois?
There are many of them. Julie A. Roberts
roberju@rolling-meadows.lib.il.us

-----Original Message-----
From: Bsbgc@aol.com [SMTP:Bsbgc@aol.com]
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 10:52 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Sense of Place - North Carolina - NOT!

Dear Fiction_Ler's -

In my enthusiasm to mention a wonderful book (Patricia Rice's ALMOST
PERFECT
set in North Carolina, I really meant to say coastal South Carolina - in
the
Beaufort area.

May I say that even when I was a map librarian (in another life!) I was
geographically challenged. The 4 hour trip from Baltimore to Williamsburg
took 7 hours, which included getting lost on Rt 60/64, ending up in
downtown
Richmond on a Sunday afternoon, and generally feeling like a dork. It
never
ceases to amaze me that the explorers and pioneers actually made it to the
West.

Anyway - mea culpa!

Binnie Syril Braunstein
Romance novelist/former librarian

FROM: Dennis Lien <Dennis.K.Lien-1@tc.umn.edu>
REC'D: 4/12/02, 12:31 PM

The horror anthology contains 51 stories, one for each state and one for
D.C. I'm sure I've seen a mystery/detective anthology on the same
principle, but can't recall title or editor on that one.

A Treasury of American Horror Stories ed. Frank D. McSherry, Jr.,
Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh
(Crown/Bonanza 0-517-48075-1, 1985 [May ’86], $10.00, 670pp, hc);
This horror anthology of 51 stories, arranged by state, is from
an “instant remainder” publisher. It appeared in 1985, but we did
not see it until 1986.

xi • The Monster Tour • Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Martin H. Greenberg &
Charles G. Waugh • in
1 • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge • Ambrose Bierce • ss Tales of
Soldiers and Civilians, San Francisco, CA: E.L.G. Steele, 1891
9 • Lost Face • Jack London • ss New York Herald Dec 13 ’08
19 • Being • Richard Matheson • nv If Aug ’54
45 • One Happy Family • John S. McFarland • ss Twilight Zone Sep/Oct ’83
53 • Return to the Sabbath • Robert Bloch • ss Weird Tales Jul ’38
65 • The Autopsy • Michael Shea • nv F&SF Dec ’80
95 • The Believers • Robert Arthur • ss Weird Tales Jul ’41
109 • A Teacher’s Rewards • Robert S. Phillips • ss The Land of Lost
Content, 1970
117 • Chico Lafleur Talks Funny • Suzette Haden Elgin • ss *
133 • The Legend of Joe Lee • John D. MacDonald • ss Cosmopolitan Oct
’64
143 • Seventh Sister • Mary Elizabeth Counselman • ss Weird Tales Jan
’43
157 • The Isle of Voices • Robert Louis Stevenson • ss The National
Observer Feb 4, 1893
173 • One Man’s Harp • Babette Rosmond • ss Unknown Aug ’43
181 • Cannibalism in the Cars • Mark Twain • ss The Broadway Nov, 1868
189 • The Smell of Cherries • Jeffrey Goddin • ss Twilight Zone Nov ’82
201 • Away • Barry N. Malzberg • ss *
205 • Twilla • Tom Reamy • nv F&SF Sep ’74
235 • His Name Was Not Forgotten • Joel Townsley Rogers • ss The
Saturday Evening Post Aug 28 ’43
247 • Dιsirιe’s Child • Kate Chopin • ss, 1893
253 • The Children of Noah • Richard Matheson • ss AHMM Mar ’57
267 • The Man Who Collected Poe • Robert Bloch • ss Famous Fantastic
Mysteries Oct ’51
279 • Pickman’s Model • H. P. Lovecraft • ss Weird Tales Oct ’27
289 • The Screwfly Solution [as by Raccoona Sheldon] • James Tiptree,
Jr. • ss Analog Jun ’77
307 • The Unpleasantness at Carver House • Carl Jacobi • ss Travellers
By Night, ed. August Derleth, Arkham, 1967
319 • Mute Milton • Harry Harrison • ss Amazing Feb ’66
325 • Dumb Supper • Henderson Starke • ss F&SF Sum ’50
335 • Lonely Train a’ Comin’ [“The Train”] • William F. Nolan • ss
Gallery Oct ’81
345 • Children of the Corn • Stephen King • nv Penthouse Mar ’77
369 • Legal Rites [Pohl as James MacCreigh] • Isaac Asimov & Frederik
Pohl • nv Weird Tales Sep ’50
391 • The Devil and Daniel Webster • Stephen Vincent Benιt • ss The
Saturday Evening Post Oct 24 ’36
403 • The Master of the Hounds • Algis Budrys • nv The Saturday
Evening Post Aug 27 ’66
425 • The Devil of the Picuris • Edwin L. Sabin • nv Blue Book Nov ’21
445 • The Garrison [as by David Grinnell] • Donald A. Wollheim • ss
Magazine of Horror Apr ’65
451 • The Desrick on Yandro [*John] • Manly Wade Wellman • ss F&SF Jun
’52
461 • Shaggy Vengeance • Robert Adams • nv Amazing Jul ’84
479 • The Horsehair Trunk • Davis Grubb • ss Colliers May 25 ’46; ; as
“The Secret Darkness”, EQMM Oct ’56
487 • The Curse of Yig • Zealia Brown Reed Bishop • ss Weird Tales Nov
’29
501 • Peekaboo • Bill Pronzini • ss Nightmares, ed. Charles L. Grant,
Playboy, 1979
507 • Bird of Prey • Nelson S. Bond • ss Blue Book Aug ’49
521 • The Haunter of the Dark • H. P. Lovecraft • nv Weird Tales Dec ’36
539 • Song of the Slaves • Manly Wade Wellman • ss Weird Tales Mar ’40
549 • The Eagle-Claw Rattle • Ardath Mayhar • ss Mummy!, ed. Bill
Pronzini, Arbor House, 1980
555 • Our Town • Jerome Bixby • ss If Feb ’55
571 • Perverts • Whitley Strieber • ss Whispers Oct ’83
581 • The Goddess of Zion • David H. Keller, M.D. • ss Weird Tales Jan
’41
591 • Alannah [as by Stephen Grendon] • August Derleth • ss Weird
Tales Mar ’45
603 • His Coat So Gay [*Brigadier Ffellowes] • Sterling E. Lanier • nv
F&SF Jul ’70
623 • Bigfish • Edward D. Hoch • ss *
629 • Lonely Road • Richard Wilson • ss F&SF Sep ’56
639 • Beyond the Threshold • August Derleth • nv Weird Tales Sep ’41
659 • The Monster of Lake LaMetrie • Wardon Allan Curtis • ss
Pearson’s Magazine Sep, 1899


Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // d-lien@tc.umn.edu

FROM: Meg Justus <mjustus@pcl.lib.wa.us>
REC'D: 4/13/02, 4:31 PM

For Montana: This House of Sky (and others) by Ivan Doig, and The Book of
Yaak (and, again, others) by Rick Bass.

And for something completely funky, The Off Season by Jack Cady, for
Washington State.

Meg Justus
Pierce County Library

FROM: judyfict@netscape.net
REC'D: 4/18/02, 6:43 AM

I loved Bless Me Ultima, by Rudolfo Anaya

Judy Brzosko

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FROM: Bsbgc@aol.com
REC'D: 5/7/02, 3:20 AM

I don't know if anyone has mentioned Nevil Shute's wonderful A TOWN LIKE
ALICE. Set primarily in Alice Springs, Australia.

Binnie Syril Braunstein
Romance novelist/former librarian

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