***Finalist for the 2016 Prix M edicis Etrangere*** **An epic novel of intertwining friendships and families set in the Northwoods of Wisconsin at a beloved Boy Scout summer camp --from the bestselling author of Shotgun Lovesongs** Camp Chippewa, 1962. Nelson Doughty, age thirteen, social outcast
The Hearts of Men
β Scribed by Nickolas Butler
- Book ID
- 100643594
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 222 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0062469681
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β¦ Synopsis
Finalist for the 2016 Prix M edicis Etrangere
An epic novel of intertwining friendships and families set in the Northwoods of Wisconsin at a beloved Boy Scout summer camp --from the bestselling author of Shotgun Lovesongs
Camp Chippewa, 1962. Nelson Doughty, age thirteen, social outcast and overachiever, is the Bugler, sounding the reveille proudly each morning. Yet this particular summer marks the beginning of an uncertain and tenuous friendship with a popular boy named Jonathan.
Over the years, Nelson, irrevocably scarred from the Vietnam War, becomes Scoutmaster of Camp Chippewa, while Jonathan marries, divorces, and turns his father's business into a highly profitable company. And when something unthinkable happens at a camp get-together with Nelson as Scoutmaster and Jonathan's teenage grandson and daughter-in-law as campers, the aftermath demonstrates the depths--and the limits--of Nelson's...
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