Last Town on Earth A Novel

Name: Last Town on Earth A Novel
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ISBN: 9780812975925

ISBN-10: 0812975928

ISBN-13: 9780812975925

Edition: N/A

Authors: Thomas Mullen

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Set against the backdrop of one of the most virulent epidemics that America ever experienced-the 1918 flu epidemic-Thomas Mullen's powerful, sweeping first novel is a tale of morality in a time of upheaval. Deep in the mist-shrouded forests of the Pacific Northwest is a small mill town called Commonwealth, conceived as a haven for workers weary of exploitation. For Philip Worthy, the adopted son of the town's founder, it is a haven in another sense-as the first place in his life he's had a loving family to call his own. And yet, the ideals that define this outpost are being threatened from all sides. A world war is raging, and with the fear of spies rampant, the loyalty of all Americans…

Book details

List price: $17.00
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 7/31/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 5.16" wide x 7.97" long x 0.92" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Thomas Mullen is an American author, born in 1974 in Providence, Rhode Island. He is a graduate of Oberlin College in Ohio. He writes stories and essays which have been published in Grantland, Paste, The Huffington Post, and Atlanta Magazine. His novels include The Last Town on Earth, The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers, and The Revisionists. He writes the Darktown series, which includes the novels Darktown, and Lightning Men. He won the James Fenimore Cooper Prize for excellence in historical fiction with his book, The Last Town on Earth, which was also named Best Debut Novel of 2006 by USA Today.