Lost Nation

by JeffreyLent (Author)

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  2003

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  An epic of the American wild country from the bestselling author of IN THE FALLSet in the early 19th century, LOST NATION opens as a man, known only as Blood, is guiding an oxcart of rum towards the Indian Stream, an ungoverned territory high in the wild country of New Hampshire. A man with a secret past that has scorched his soul, Blood sets forth to establish himself as a trader, hauling with him Sally, a sixteen-year-old girl whom he has won in a game of cards. But their arrival in the Indian Stream triggers a series of clashes of increasing violence, and Blood is finally forced to confront his ghosts.Jeffrey Lent carries us deep into conditions of desolation and hardship, but at the same time maintains the relentless beat of hope. Written in lucid and seductive prose, LOST NATION resoundingly confirms Jeffrey Lent's place in the front rank of modern novelists.'While the classic western naturally concentrates on the West, there were pockets in the East that were as wild as Dodge City, and Lent has found one in his second novel . . . a rousing tale that will surely please the readers of his first, bestselling novel, In the Fall' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY'Majestic . . . epic . . . a vital book' New York Times on IN THE FALL

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  Paperback
  2004

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  'Compelling . . . an epic of the Wild East' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

  A man known only as Blood guides an oxcart of rum towards Indian Stream. An ungoverned territory high in rural New Hampshire, north-east America, Indian Stream is the place where the luckless and the lawless make their way in order to make a fresh start -- and Blood's reason for heading there is no different. A man with a past he'd rather forget, he hopes to establish himself as a trader. But on their arrival, he and Sally -- a beautiful sixteen-year-old won in a game of cards -- soon find their presence there is the trigger for conflict within the community; conflict that finally forces Blood to confront his ghosts.

  Jeffrey Lent carries us deep into conditions of desolation and hardship, but at the same time maintains the relentless beat of hope. Written in lucid and seductive prose, LOST NATION resoundingly confirms Jeffrey Lent's place in the front rank of modern novelists.