TITLE: In Springdale Town
A NOVELLA by Robert Freeman Wexler
PUBLICATION DATE: March 2003
EDITION: Jacketed Hardcover
COVER ART: Edward Miller
PRINT RUN: 300 signed by Robert Freeman Wexler & Lucius Shepard
INTRODUCTION: Lucius Shepard
ISBN: 1-902880-53-6
SYNOPSIS:
Reconciliation, longing, and ambiguity combine in one astounding locale; Springdale. Is it a mundane New England town on a picturesque river, or the nexus of the paradoxical?
Springdale appears to be a quiet village, unblemished by shopping mall or mega-store. The town sits in a fertile valley, surrounded by countryside rich in natural wonder. Summers, tourists attend the area's many arts and music festivals, and hikers crowd the trails. In the fall, reds and yellows of turning leaves decorate the landscape, and in winter, mountain resorts fill with avid skiers.
But some say Springdale exists only on the contoured highways of our collective imagination. Others point to references dating back to Colonial Boston, to multiple versions of a ballad telling a story of remorse and disgrace.
