The Ballad of Trenchmouth Taggart by Glenn Taylor

The Ballad of Trenchmouth Taggart by Glenn Taylor

Meet Trenchmouth Taggart, a man born and orphaned in 1903, a man nicknamed for his lifelong oral affliction. His boyhood is shaped by the Widow Dorsett, a strong mountain woman who teaches him to hunt and to survive the taunts of others. In the hills of southern West Virginia, a boy grows up fast. Trenchmouth sips moonshine, handles snakes, pleases women, and masters the rifle--a skill that lands him in the middle of the West Virginia coal wars. A teenaged union sniper, Trenchmouth is exiled to the back-woods of Appalachia's foothills, where he spends his years running from the past. But trouble will sniff a man down, and an outlaw will eventually run home. Here Trenchmouth Taggart's story, like the best ballads, etches its mark deep upon the memory.

Taylor, Glenn: - Glenn Taylor is the author of the novels The Marrowbone Marble Company and The Ballad of Trenchmouth Taggart, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He was born and raised in Huntington, West Virginia, and he now lives with his wife and three sons in Morgantown, where he teaches at West Virginia University.

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ISBN 13	9780061922978
ISBN 10	0061922978
Title	The Ballad of Trenchmouth Taggart
Author	Glenn Taylor
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Year published	2009-06-16
Number of pages	288
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