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On Kingdom Mountain
Set in northern Vermont in 1930, On Kingdom Mountain introduces us to Miss Jane Hubbell Kinneson. A renowned local bookwoman and eccentric bird carver, she is the last remaining resident of a wild mountain on the U.S.-Canadian border, now threatened by a proposed new highway known as the Connector.
On her fiftieth birthday, a mysterious stunt pilot and weathermaker enters her life when his biplane crashes on the frozen lake at the foot of her mountain. He brings with him a riddle -- handed down from his grandfather -- containing clues to the whereabouts of $100,000 in stolen Civil War gold that may have been hidden on Miss Jane's property. As she and the footloose aviator begin to search for the treasure, Miss Jane finds herself confronted by the most important decisions of her life.
Featuring daring action scenes and outrageous comedy, along with a passionate and surprising love affair, On Kingdom Mountain represents traditional storytelling at its best, rooted deeply in Howard Mosher’s own family history and in a way of life on the brink of extinction.
On her fiftieth birthday, a mysterious stunt pilot and weathermaker enters her life when his biplane crashes on the frozen lake at the foot of her mountain. He brings with him a riddle -- handed down from his grandfather -- containing clues to the whereabouts of $100,000 in stolen Civil War gold that may have been hidden on Miss Jane's property. As she and the footloose aviator begin to search for the treasure, Miss Jane finds herself confronted by the most important decisions of her life.
Featuring daring action scenes and outrageous comedy, along with a passionate and surprising love affair, On Kingdom Mountain represents traditional storytelling at its best, rooted deeply in Howard Mosher’s own family history and in a way of life on the brink of extinction.
288 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2007
About the author
Howard Frank Mosher
22 books162 followers Howard Frank Mosher was an American author. Over the course of his career, Mr. Mosher published 12 novels, two memoirs and countless essays and book reviews. In addition, his last work of fiction, points North will be published by St. Martin's press in the winter of 2018.
Mosher was a Guggenheim Fellow in 1979. A Stranger In the Kingdom won the New England Book Award for Fiction in 1991, and was later filmed by director Jay Craven. In 2006, Mosher received the Vermont Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts. In 2011 he was awarded the New England Independent Booksellers Association's President's Award for Lifetime Achievement.
Mosher was a Guggenheim Fellow in 1979. A Stranger In the Kingdom won the New England Book Award for Fiction in 1991, and was later filmed by director Jay Craven. In 2006, Mosher received the Vermont Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts. In 2011 he was awarded the New England Independent Booksellers Association's President's Award for Lifetime Achievement.
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April 29, 2012
One of the things I like about Goodreads is that if you don't like a book, you can haul off and just say so with little concern for catching some negative backlash at being so honest. Time to let 'er rip.
This book set my teeth on edge.
The first thing wrong was an excess of quaintness. Everything was soooo down-home-folksy. A little of that goes a long way, Howard.
The second problem is that the heroine is so set in her no-nonsense farmgirl ways that she becomes insufferably pig-headed and self-righteous. This results in her becoming unlikable.
The third is this: she makes life-sized mannikins out of wood and then talks to them as if they were alive. She actually takes one into a court of law with her, and no one seems to find this all that odd.
Her gentleman friend also has conversations with his deceased father and the reader is supposed to swallow this as well.
But let us move on up to the next level: A ball of lightning travels down a wire and jump starts a juggernaut tractor which our heroine seems helpless to steer. The author does it for her by allowing it to slaughter several chickens and to strip a man down to his skivvies but wouldn't you just know it...the tractor conveniently stops dead right before taking out some wide-eyed schoolchildren.
Still want more? The heroine in her cussed-mindedness fires off a dangerous shotgun in a crowded theater as a method of controlling unruly boys' behavior and she isn't even given a warning by the local police. Personally, I'd subject her to a pychiatric examination at the very LEAST.
Without revealing any spoilers, if such a thing is possible here, there are several mysteries that end WITHOUT REAL ANSWERS...and I found the romantic turnaround at the end unconvincing.
If you have committed some kind of grievous Goodreads sin- like writing a review of a book you haven't completed or going along with other opinions when you really feel differently, then read this book. The suffering it will cause will go a long way toward redeeming your literary soul.
This book set my teeth on edge.
The first thing wrong was an excess of quaintness. Everything was soooo down-home-folksy. A little of that goes a long way, Howard.
The second problem is that the heroine is so set in her no-nonsense farmgirl ways that she becomes insufferably pig-headed and self-righteous. This results in her becoming unlikable.
The third is this: she makes life-sized mannikins out of wood and then talks to them as if they were alive. She actually takes one into a court of law with her, and no one seems to find this all that odd.
Her gentleman friend also has conversations with his deceased father and the reader is supposed to swallow this as well.
But let us move on up to the next level: A ball of lightning travels down a wire and jump starts a juggernaut tractor which our heroine seems helpless to steer. The author does it for her by allowing it to slaughter several chickens and to strip a man down to his skivvies but wouldn't you just know it...the tractor conveniently stops dead right before taking out some wide-eyed schoolchildren.
Still want more? The heroine in her cussed-mindedness fires off a dangerous shotgun in a crowded theater as a method of controlling unruly boys' behavior and she isn't even given a warning by the local police. Personally, I'd subject her to a pychiatric examination at the very LEAST.
Without revealing any spoilers, if such a thing is possible here, there are several mysteries that end WITHOUT REAL ANSWERS...and I found the romantic turnaround at the end unconvincing.
If you have committed some kind of grievous Goodreads sin- like writing a review of a book you haven't completed or going along with other opinions when you really feel differently, then read this book. The suffering it will cause will go a long way toward redeeming your literary soul.
February 17, 2018
3.5 stars
May 15, 2013
Last weekend, as an unseasonably late wintry blast moved through, I picked this up at the second-hand store for a nature weekend out of town. For some reason, this jumped out at me. On Kingdom Mountain. Just raised a bit of curiousity. A quick perusal of GR reviews told me that a lot of readers pooh-poohed it as boring (Nothing happens, yet they needed to finish it to find out what happens. Hmmmmm.) But others absolutely loved it, mostly for its regionality. Okay, so what is Vermont literature like? Book looked okay to me.
As I was experiencing snow in May, there could hardly have been a better mood-setting tale than this which begins in the grips of late spring. Back home, I finished this on the 14th of May, which incidentally is the date Miss Jane (who is anything but plain) pleads her case to save her family's mountain in front of the Vermont Supreme Court.
What a delight this turned out to be. Good, old-fashioned yarn. Felt like a long tall tale. A bit short on the tall. Long on the telling. Tall on the character. There are a lot of near-archaic colloquialisms in this book - some of which get repeated one-time too many as is typical of oral storyelling - and everyone and everything is given a corny name, for example her oxen are name Ira and Ethan Allen. There's shenanigans and superstitions, missing fortunes and ancestors gone missing. Riddles and court cases to solve. And, of course, love found and lost and found.
Having just glimpsed at Moser's other books, this is one of several that tell of the community of Kingdom Common and Miss Jane's ancestors. Their stories are part of this book's telling and the prologue is, I believe, a summary of preceding books. I found this to be a good introduction to Moser and Kingdom Common.
As I was experiencing snow in May, there could hardly have been a better mood-setting tale than this which begins in the grips of late spring. Back home, I finished this on the 14th of May, which incidentally is the date Miss Jane (who is anything but plain) pleads her case to save her family's mountain in front of the Vermont Supreme Court.
What a delight this turned out to be. Good, old-fashioned yarn. Felt like a long tall tale. A bit short on the tall. Long on the telling. Tall on the character. There are a lot of near-archaic colloquialisms in this book - some of which get repeated one-time too many as is typical of oral storyelling - and everyone and everything is given a corny name, for example her oxen are name Ira and Ethan Allen. There's shenanigans and superstitions, missing fortunes and ancestors gone missing. Riddles and court cases to solve. And, of course, love found and lost and found.
Having just glimpsed at Moser's other books, this is one of several that tell of the community of Kingdom Common and Miss Jane's ancestors. Their stories are part of this book's telling and the prologue is, I believe, a summary of preceding books. I found this to be a good introduction to Moser and Kingdom Common.
July 30, 2019
A quick and enjoyable read.
September 24, 2008
Ugh. This book was just okay. I kind of forced myself to finish it just to find out how the "mystery" of the story ended. The frustrating thing about the book was that after introducing the so-called mystery, absolutely nothing happens for about 200 pages.
Also, all the weird names really bugged me. I know it's supposed to be 1930 Appalachia, but come on --Freethinker, Pilgrim, Seth, Pharoah's Daughter?? (Okay, so "Seth" isn't that weird. Just shows the author is capable of coming up with a normal name, too.)
Then, when the author finally decides to reach the climax, it was so blah and uneventful. The ending didn't really seem in keeping with rest of the novel.
The main character, who the author works very hard to make the reader like, was pretty unlikeable. I had no sympathy for her, which made it hard for me to care what actually happened to her.
Also, all the weird names really bugged me. I know it's supposed to be 1930 Appalachia, but come on --Freethinker, Pilgrim, Seth, Pharoah's Daughter?? (Okay, so "Seth" isn't that weird. Just shows the author is capable of coming up with a normal name, too.)
Then, when the author finally decides to reach the climax, it was so blah and uneventful. The ending didn't really seem in keeping with rest of the novel.
The main character, who the author works very hard to make the reader like, was pretty unlikeable. I had no sympathy for her, which made it hard for me to care what actually happened to her.
August 31, 2007
A wonderful and quirky novel set in Northern Vermont in 1930 featuring a fascinating 50 year old woman with all her interesting characteristics. This is a novel packed with entertaining personages and generations of weird behavior. Thoughtful yet lots of fun.
June 8, 2015
I'm never disappointed by a Howard a Frank Mosher novel. I've come to view all the Kinnesons as people I know, they're written so realistically.
June 24, 2021
3.25 stars
Okay, this book was, to use my mom's favorite word, bizarre. Not really in a bad way, but even so once I finished it I had no idea what to actually rate it. it was and it wasn't what I was expecting. It was in that there was the mystery of the stolen gold set against the backdrop of the beautiful natural landscape of Vermont (well, technically I guess it was neither Vermont nor Canada, according to Jane.) But the strange aspects are more difficult to describe. Jane is the last member of her family living on Kingdom Mountain, and she is also the last member of her mother's Native American people. She lives alone on the mountain and talks to wood carvings she has created to resemble her deceased family members. She is also the local librarian and bookseller and she edits the texts of the books within her library (more on that in a minute.)
There were two main plots running through this novel. One is that Jane is fighting against her cousin and the town to prevent them from running a main road across her mountain that would run to Canada. The other plot is with the aviator, Henry, who is searching for the stolen gold, which from his grandfather's riddle he believes is hidden on Kingdom Mountain.
Spoilers
I did have a few issues with Jane. One thing was that she is a librarian and bookseller, yet she edits the texts of the books, scribbling things out. As a student studying library science I found this to not be acceptable as it is censorship, and it made me immediately not like her. She does also sometimes seem stuck up, like she thinks she is better than the other townspeople because she lives on this special mountain. Another thing was her "people", although it wasn't the wooden ones that bothered me. It was a bit strange she talked to them and treated them like they were real people, but it was fine. It was when she brought in the Bride of Ramses and the body of the confederate soldier that I got weirded out. I think it's fine if a bit strange to make wood carvings of your dead relatives, but bringing actual dead bodies in to keep in your house went too far for me.
It's interesting how the two plots are interwoven in this story and yet are separate, since Jane and Henry seem to have different concerns. Jane is more focused on saving her mountain, while Henry is more concerned with the gold, so they are not on the same page even when they are working together, and I guess it makes sense with how the story ended. Even when he was with her Henry was only thinking about the gold, and it made sense with who he is that he absconds with it. He is the charming, polite bank robber. I did start to wonder why, if Jane knew who he was, she would give him the combination to the safe, and I think there are a few reasons. One is that she never wanted the gold in the first place, since she called it tainted because it had been stolen. the second reason I think was it was maybe a test for Henry, to see which was more important for him, her or the gold. He technically could've had both, but he chose to leave with the gold and never return, showing her that he found that more important than her, as she knew all along.
I find it interesting how on Jane's grave contains all these pieces of advice, and yet her father's advice of helping fellow humans is notably absent. I have to wonder whether it was because of Henry and how she allowed herself to fall for him, knowing who he was and what his true objective was. Helping him ended up hurting her. Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but I would have thought she would have included it since it was something she and her family really lived by.
Okay, this book was, to use my mom's favorite word, bizarre. Not really in a bad way, but even so once I finished it I had no idea what to actually rate it. it was and it wasn't what I was expecting. It was in that there was the mystery of the stolen gold set against the backdrop of the beautiful natural landscape of Vermont (well, technically I guess it was neither Vermont nor Canada, according to Jane.) But the strange aspects are more difficult to describe. Jane is the last member of her family living on Kingdom Mountain, and she is also the last member of her mother's Native American people. She lives alone on the mountain and talks to wood carvings she has created to resemble her deceased family members. She is also the local librarian and bookseller and she edits the texts of the books within her library (more on that in a minute.)
There were two main plots running through this novel. One is that Jane is fighting against her cousin and the town to prevent them from running a main road across her mountain that would run to Canada. The other plot is with the aviator, Henry, who is searching for the stolen gold, which from his grandfather's riddle he believes is hidden on Kingdom Mountain.
Spoilers
I did have a few issues with Jane. One thing was that she is a librarian and bookseller, yet she edits the texts of the books, scribbling things out. As a student studying library science I found this to not be acceptable as it is censorship, and it made me immediately not like her. She does also sometimes seem stuck up, like she thinks she is better than the other townspeople because she lives on this special mountain. Another thing was her "people", although it wasn't the wooden ones that bothered me. It was a bit strange she talked to them and treated them like they were real people, but it was fine. It was when she brought in the Bride of Ramses and the body of the confederate soldier that I got weirded out. I think it's fine if a bit strange to make wood carvings of your dead relatives, but bringing actual dead bodies in to keep in your house went too far for me.
It's interesting how the two plots are interwoven in this story and yet are separate, since Jane and Henry seem to have different concerns. Jane is more focused on saving her mountain, while Henry is more concerned with the gold, so they are not on the same page even when they are working together, and I guess it makes sense with how the story ended. Even when he was with her Henry was only thinking about the gold, and it made sense with who he is that he absconds with it. He is the charming, polite bank robber. I did start to wonder why, if Jane knew who he was, she would give him the combination to the safe, and I think there are a few reasons. One is that she never wanted the gold in the first place, since she called it tainted because it had been stolen. the second reason I think was it was maybe a test for Henry, to see which was more important for him, her or the gold. He technically could've had both, but he chose to leave with the gold and never return, showing her that he found that more important than her, as she knew all along.
I find it interesting how on Jane's grave contains all these pieces of advice, and yet her father's advice of helping fellow humans is notably absent. I have to wonder whether it was because of Henry and how she allowed herself to fall for him, knowing who he was and what his true objective was. Helping him ended up hurting her. Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but I would have thought she would have included it since it was something she and her family really lived by.
September 3, 2022
On Kingdom Mountain is yet another in Howard Frank Mosher's catalog of wonderful reads about remarkable people inhabiting a beautiful part of North America at a time in history when the modern world hadn't quite conquered it yet. This novel was slightly different from the other three HFM books that I've read in that the main protagonist is a mature woman, with the main action occurring in a relatively short time frame of around a year, although the plot relies heavily on events going back to the Civil War and the years after. I don't wish to give any part of it away but there are more references to sex than in any of the others, all tastefully described, to be sure. Miss Jane is a wonderful character. After reading about her in this story, I can't help but think how interesting it would be to read about her life before the events of this book, and after. Although she did not embrace even the technology of the time, she was a modern woman in every meaningful sense, ahead of her time actually. This is not a fairy tale, Mosher candidly includes the less admirable human traits present in even a bucolic area: prejudice, racism, greed, sexism, jealousy, etc. It's a great read....one more step in my plan thread all his books, of which, sadly, there will be no more.
July 23, 2022
I absolutely loved this weird, quirky, humorous and exquisitely detailed story, one full of surprises and knowledge of the territory.
The Wild Northeast it is - thousands of acres that Jane Kinneson claims belong to her through her father's and mother's people. She battles her cousin and his rich cronies to protect Kingdom Mountain in perpetuity.
But she meets her lover and foil - Henry Satterfield - who seeks the treasure stolen just after the Civil War, supposedly still somewhere on Kingdom Mountain. The discovery of the treasure in a special tree is hilarious.
Do you like improbable tales? Lots of information on self-sufficiency? Conversations with carved creatures? Self-appointed librarians who censor books, including the Bible? A host of intriguing characters?
Then find this book and read it.
The Wild Northeast it is - thousands of acres that Jane Kinneson claims belong to her through her father's and mother's people. She battles her cousin and his rich cronies to protect Kingdom Mountain in perpetuity.
But she meets her lover and foil - Henry Satterfield - who seeks the treasure stolen just after the Civil War, supposedly still somewhere on Kingdom Mountain. The discovery of the treasure in a special tree is hilarious.
Do you like improbable tales? Lots of information on self-sufficiency? Conversations with carved creatures? Self-appointed librarians who censor books, including the Bible? A host of intriguing characters?
Then find this book and read it.
August 6, 2018
It was an interestingly written story. Not one I would have picked up on my own.
The writing was a little difficult at first to adapt to. I quickly warmed up to Miss Jane and enjoyed reading about her fight for her mountain.
The writing was a little difficult at first to adapt to. I quickly warmed up to Miss Jane and enjoyed reading about her fight for her mountain.
February 12, 2021
A farcical tale with a truly unique strong female character. Loved the story and the writing but the descriptions of flora and fauna and making use of all nature has to offer reminded me of my hippie days on the farm. I am glad I bought the book so I can share it.
April 21, 2022
I was in Vermont for work and looked for a local author who used local settings for stories. This one was enchanting and very place oriented. The combination of a strong female lead, mystery, magical realism, and down east independence held my attention and sparked joy.
July 20, 2017
Life in a little corner of Vermont where people seem to be themselves.
November 12, 2017
Love Mosher he brings you back to the era and the setting is so vivid . The Characters quickly form and you are in their lives .
September 10, 2018
Lovely story for rainy days. He describes the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont with reverence and idealization. That's OK, I live in Vermont and the Northeast Kingdom is a bit magical and mystical.
April 25, 2021
A tall tale that relies too heavily, for me, on quirks of character and coincidences of plot. I did like the epitaph at the end.
June 29, 2021
I’ve been meaning to read this book for a while and I’m glad I finally did.
July 20, 2021
That...ending...
January 21, 2022
This one was particularly eccentric...kind of a slow burn. Not my favorite Mosher book but still a fun read!
March 5, 2022
Totally loved this book for reasons other reviewers said they didn’t care for it. Quaint, writing style, characters- it was grand! Excited to discover a new author.
October 30, 2022
Enjoyed the multicultural aspect, the nuances of nu.erous different cultures coming together in an Era when such was little talked about or exposed.
January 13, 2021
I thoroughly enjoyed this.
March 15, 2017
1930 in northern Vermont. Howard Frank Mosher brings us Kingdom Mountain and Miss Jane Hubbell Kinneson. She is the last resident of a mountain threatened by a new highway. A very enjoyable read.
August 16, 2008
I liked the woman's strength of body and spirit of self-reliance. The range of her activities in the small community she visited show the potential she might have had if she had left the mountain. Her determination is revealed in her solution to the family legacy issue.
She asked one question that got answered, namely, why would she turn down the Judge's proposal of marriage (two answers to that one, actually), but I kept waiting for her statement of "declare your love" to have more significance.
I'm not sure what to make of her relationship with Henry. It seems plain to me that he was using her to find the Kingdom Mountain treasure, but I'm still not certain that she wasn't also using him to have a taste of a life different than that she had bound herself to, without actually having the long term commitment it might otherwise have required.
I also wasn't keen on her characterization of the "Nazarene know-it-all." Any author is fine to write what they like, whether they convey closely held beliefs ot not, but they must likewise accept the consequences, and this characters anger and assumed superiority to judge Shakespeare, King James, Thoreau, and Christ were off-putting.
She asked one question that got answered, namely, why would she turn down the Judge's proposal of marriage (two answers to that one, actually), but I kept waiting for her statement of "declare your love" to have more significance.
I'm not sure what to make of her relationship with Henry. It seems plain to me that he was using her to find the Kingdom Mountain treasure, but I'm still not certain that she wasn't also using him to have a taste of a life different than that she had bound herself to, without actually having the long term commitment it might otherwise have required.
I also wasn't keen on her characterization of the "Nazarene know-it-all." Any author is fine to write what they like, whether they convey closely held beliefs ot not, but they must likewise accept the consequences, and this characters anger and assumed superiority to judge Shakespeare, King James, Thoreau, and Christ were off-putting.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 29, 2009
I found it interesting to read the reviews of this book on Goodreads. People either really liked, or didn't. I find myself in the second category. I bought this book at the library because the synopsis sounded interesting. My 14-year-old even thought he might be interested. WRONG!!
I kept reading just to see if it got any better. The climax was even anti-climatic! All of a sudden the mystery was solved!
Jane is a 50-year-old woman who has lived her entire life on Kingdom Mountain - property passed down through her family. She is NUTS! She carves wooden representations of family members and talks to them, she edits all of the books in the town library - crossing out what she disagrees with and adding where she thinks appropriate - and only her cousin accuses her of being crazy!!! Apparently everyone else in the town thinks she is okay.
Considering I average 2-7 days in reading a book, this one took me about a month to get through. I would only recommend this book to people having a hard time falling asleep.
I kept reading just to see if it got any better. The climax was even anti-climatic! All of a sudden the mystery was solved!
Jane is a 50-year-old woman who has lived her entire life on Kingdom Mountain - property passed down through her family. She is NUTS! She carves wooden representations of family members and talks to them, she edits all of the books in the town library - crossing out what she disagrees with and adding where she thinks appropriate - and only her cousin accuses her of being crazy!!! Apparently everyone else in the town thinks she is okay.
Considering I average 2-7 days in reading a book, this one took me about a month to get through. I would only recommend this book to people having a hard time falling asleep.
April 14, 2016
This was my first foray into Howard Frank Mosher, although I understand he's very popular in northern New England. This book is well-written, and I especially enjoyed how the personalities are conveyed through dialogue. There's a touch of mystery here, and I liked that although I wish there had been more "clues" to help us solve it along the way. On the whole, though, I thought some of the lengthy passages about feeding the cows, etc., were too lengthy and unnecessary unless they were just Mosher's way of saying "look how much I know about farm life in Vermont!" Also, I didn't enjoy the ending; while I understand why it was chosen and what it was supposed to signify, it rang hallow and seemed to cheapen the emotions that came before.
October 31, 2007
Quite the quirky tale indeed. Miss Jane Hubbell Kinneson is a wild woolley woman as eccentric as they come. Jane is a former school teacher in a small Vermont town, lives by her own rules, on her own mountain. In her so called retirement, before 50 years of age, Jane runs her own library and various ventures and adventures. The Duchess of Kingdom Mountain is a great character.
Some closing words to live by from the book...
"The walls we erect to protect ourselves from early pain often shut us off from later joy.
Always declare yourself to the person you love.
Live each day not as though it is your last, but as though
it is the last day of the lives of the people you meet."
Some closing words to live by from the book...
"The walls we erect to protect ourselves from early pain often shut us off from later joy.
Always declare yourself to the person you love.
Live each day not as though it is your last, but as though
it is the last day of the lives of the people you meet."
June 15, 2009
Howard Frank Mosher is one of my favorite authors and an award winning author(New England Book Award for fiction).
His characters are colorful, intriguing, independent, and reflective of that part for Vermont that still, to this day, maintains a "purity" and "nostalgia" that makes one proud to live in this state. The story is exciting and interesting, but the characters is what Frank Mosher is all about. Miss Jane is "one-of-a-kind" and you can just feel her passion for the land, it's history, and her background. I've never read a "Mosher book" where I've not learened something about Vermont and it's people. He is a treasure.
His characters are colorful, intriguing, independent, and reflective of that part for Vermont that still, to this day, maintains a "purity" and "nostalgia" that makes one proud to live in this state. The story is exciting and interesting, but the characters is what Frank Mosher is all about. Miss Jane is "one-of-a-kind" and you can just feel her passion for the land, it's history, and her background. I've never read a "Mosher book" where I've not learened something about Vermont and it's people. He is a treasure.
January 22, 2010
Set in northern Vermont in 1930, On Kingdom Mountain recounts the life and times of Miss Jane Hubbell Kinneson. A renowned local bookwoman and bird carver, she is the sole proprietor and last resident of a remote and wild mountain situated on the U.S.–Canadian border, now threatened by the “Connector,” a proposed new highway over her mountain. Abounding with Howard Frank Mosher’s trademark action scenes, from daring bank robberies to outrageous comedy to a passionate and surprising love affair, On Kingdom Mountain is rooted deeply in Mosher’s own family history, in one of America’s last frontiers, and in a way of life on the brink of extinction.
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