{"product_id":"down-along-the-piney-ozarks-stories-paperback","title":"Down Along the Piney: Ozarks Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Mort\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDown Along the Piney\u003c\/i\u003e is John Mort's fourth short-story collection and winner of the Richard Sullivan Prize in Short Fiction. With settings in Florida, California, Mexico, Chicago, the Texas Panhandle, and, of course, the Ozarks themselves, these thirteen stories portray the unsung, amusing, brutal, forever hopeful lives of ordinary people. Mort chronicles the struggles of \"flyover\" people who live not just in the Midwest, but anywhere you can find a farm, small town, or river winding through forested hills. Mort, whose earlier stories have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Chicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, is the author of the award-winning Vietnam War novel \u003ci\u003eSoldier in Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eGoat Boy of the Ozarks\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Illegal\u003c\/i\u003e. These ironic, unflaggingly honest stories will remind the reader of Jim Harrison, Sherwood Anderson, and Shirley Jackson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Mort's first novel, \u003ci\u003eSoldier in Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e, won the W. Y. Boyd Award for best military fiction. He has published seven other books, including the story collections \u003ci\u003eTanks\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Walnut King\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDont Mean Nothin: Vietnam War Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. John Mort served in Vietnam with the First Cavalry and afterward attended the University of Iowa, receiving MFA and MLS degrees. He is a member of the Western Writers of America and in 2013 won a Spur Award for his short story, \"The Hog Whisperer,\" included in this volume. He lives in southern Missouri where he raises vegetables and fruit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 212\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 30, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759294120224,"sku":"9780268104061","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/21ce081e8ad007819066bfaaee3ee159.webp?v=1780148335","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/down-along-the-piney-ozarks-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}