Dow Mossman
Dow Mossman is the author of The Stones of Summer , originally published in 1972 by Bobbs-Merrill, and Popular Library a year later. Following publication of the novel, Mossman was mentally exhausted and spent several months in an Iowa sanitarium. The novel soon went out of print, but in 2002, Mossman became the subject of the documentary film Stone Reader by Mark Moskowitz, which chronicled the director's attempt to resuscitate the acclaimed book and speak to its seemingly vanished author....See more
Dow Mossman is the author of The Stones of Summer , originally published in 1972 by Bobbs-Merrill, and Popular Library a year later. Following publication of the novel, Mossman was mentally exhausted and spent several months in an Iowa sanitarium. The novel soon went out of print, but in 2002, Mossman became the subject of the documentary film Stone Reader by Mark Moskowitz, which chronicled the director's attempt to resuscitate the acclaimed book and speak to its seemingly vanished author. After the film's release, The Stones of Summer was reissued by Barnes & Noble, and Mossman is now semi-retired living in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. See less
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The stones of summer; a yeoman's notes, 1942-1969. -
Great, but I know of much much better
After, non intentionally, picking up the 2002 documentary of Dow Mossman at my local library recently, I was drawn into the hype about "Where did Dow Mossman disappear to?" and "Why didn't he publish ... Read More