The Freshour Cylinders
A literary mystery set on the Oklahoma border that blends crime, history, and the aftermath of cultural violence.
Work Information
A literary mystery set on the Oklahoma border that blends crime, history, and the aftermath of cultural violence.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Macadam Cage Pub
- Published
- 1998-10-01
- Pages
- 345 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 22.86 x 3.18 x 15.88 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9781878448842
- ISBN-10
- 1878448846
- Price
- 15505 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Mystery & Thrillers/Mystery/Hard-Boiled
Assistant prosecutor Tom Freshour investigates the brutal murder of an eccentric and enigmatic collector of Indian artifacts
Speer Morgan is the author of four novels and a collection of short stories. He is currently Editor of The Missouri Review. Morgan's next book, currently being written and researched, will be another Tom Freshour novel.
Reviews
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I'm about 1/3 of the way through the book and can hardly put it down. It's one of the best books I've come across in a long time!
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In Depression-era Fort Smith, Arkansas, a part-Indian prosecutor becomes involved in stopping the mining and sale of artifacts from the Spiro Mounds, the Oklahoma site of an abandoned pre-Columbian civilization. Murder, racism, intimidation, and a basic lawlessness in the area, especially among the legal professions, are memorably portrayed in this literary mystery, which draws heavily on the actual history of the Mounds, which were largely stripped of their contents by licensed miners before the government stepped in with a preservation plan. Just as vividly drawn are the lives of people struggling to survive against sand storms, desperation, and hate. The main character, Tom Freshour, was featured in the author's earlier "Whipping Boy", which is set during Tom's teen years at an abusive Indian orphanage. This was a wonderful find and an inexpensive ebook (Amazon, B&N, etc.), but it is also available in physical formats.
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I found the story interesting & entertaining. Learned quite a bit about the area near Ft Smith, AR, where I travel rgularly