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The Walk Down Main Street Paperback - 2023

Name: The Walk Down Main Street
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Author: Moore, Ruth
ISBN: 9781952143656

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Originally published in 1960, The Walk Down Main Street explores what happens when a river town in Maine goes mad over its school basketball team. Ruth Moore covers basketball thrills, coming of age, and the reality of small town inhabitants along with her usual razor-sharp wit and honest depictions of daily life. Readers will be able to recognize their own neighbors, coaches, parents, and friends in this tale.

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Title The Walk Down Main Street
Author Ruth Moore
Binding Paperback
Pages 302
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Islandport Press
Publication date 2023-05-23
ISBN 9781952143656 / 1952143659
Dimensions 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.76 in (21.59 x 13.97 x 1.93 cm)
Themes
- Demographic Orientation: Rural
- Demographic Orientation: Small Town
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
Category Fiction - General
Library of Congress subjects Novels
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2022946381
Dewey Decimal Code 813.52

About the author

Born and raised in the Maine fishing village of Gotts Island, Ruth Moore (1903-1989) emerged as one of the most important Maine authors of the twentieth century, best known for her authentic portrayals of Maine people and her evocative descriptions of the state. In her time, she was favorably compared to Faulkner, Steinbeck, Caldwell and O'Connor. She graduated from Albany State Teacher's College and worked at a variety of jobs in New York, Washington, D.C., and California, including as personal secretary to Mary White Ovington, a founder of the NAACP, and at Reader's Digest. Her debut novel in 1943, The Weir was hailed by critics and established Moore as novelist, but her second novel, Spoonhandle reached great success, spending fourteen weeks on The New York Times bestseller list and was made into the movie, Deep Waters. The success of Spoonhandle provided her with the financial security to build a house in Bass Harbor and spend the rest of her life writing novels in her home state. Ultimately, she wrote 14 novels. Moore and her partner, Eleanor Mayo, travelled extensively, but never again lived outside of Maine. Moore died in Bar Harbor in 1989.

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