A Cry from the Ground

By John Gould ’66. Jun 2016. Available on Amazon. The story of Elvina Denny, who at 14 comes to Maine from Louisiana and becomes involved with the Moody brothers, part of a raucous family of fisherfolk on Westport Island outside Wiscasset, Maine. Set in the 1920’s and 30’s, the novel contains echoes of the Cain and Abel myth – the source of its title – as well as providing the backstory of Bartholomew Ware, the sheriff of The Greenleaf Fires. Elvina faces her hard path with extraordinary strength of will and character.