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Morkan’s
Quarry
A Novel
Steve Yates
“With the epic sweep of Cold Mountain and the rich,
tender character and scene development of Snow Falling on
Cedars, Steve Yates has written one of the most powerful war
novels of modern times, swift as a battle, unforgettable,
and a tribute to all those whose loyalty to place has surmounted
loyalty to cause.”
—Donald Harington, author of The
Architecture of the Arkansas Ozarks
and Ekaterina
“With his wonderfully clear prose, his unerring knowledge
of time and place, his deep sense of character, and his sheer
storytelling power, Yates will, yes, show you the horrors
of war, but, more than that, he will bring these characters
fully to life. This is first-rate work. Pay attention. Read
it well. You will be moved.”
—Donald Hays, author of The Dixie
Association and The Hangman’s Children
“From
first page to the end, Morkan's Quarry is a meticulously
researched labor of love in historical novel form.”
—Suzann Ledbetter, author of Klondike
Fever and Deliverance Drive
In 1861, the Civil War severs Michael Morkan from everything
he loves and all that defines him—from his son, Leighton;
from his love, Cora Slade; and from the quarry he owns in
Springfield, Missouri. Forced to give his black powder to
the Missouri State Guard, he finds himself indelibly labeled
a rebel traitor and is imprisoned in St. Louis. Back in the
Ozarks, Leighton joins the Federal Home Guards in hopes of
paroling his father. When Leighton finally frees him, the
two are pitched in a last gambit for their quarry and for
the legacy of the name Morkan.
Portions of Morkan’s Quarry first appeared
in Missouri Review, Ontario Review, and
South Carolina Review. A novella-length excerpt was
a finalist for the Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society William
Faulkner / Wisdom Award for the Best Novella. Born and reared
in Springfield, Missouri, Steve
Yates is an M.F.A. graduate from the creative
writing program at the University of Arkansas. His fiction
has won two fellowships from the Mississippi Arts Commission
and one from the Arkansas Arts Council.
May
6 x 9, 250 pages
$27.95 cloth
978-0-913785-24-9
Distributed for Moon City Press.
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