From Publishers Weekly These seven gentle tales set in Minnesota and North Dakota and all written during the 1970s treat fans of novelist Hassler (A Green Journey; Jemmy) to the earliest fruits of hi
"A writer good enough to restore your faith in fiction."THE NEW YORK TIMESIt is only a week in the life of a 35-year old bachelor school teacher in a small Minnesota town. But it is
"John Hassler is a writer good enough to restore your faith in fiction. Unlike so many contemporary writers, he creates characters you come to care about and believe in....His third novel is the kind
Twelve-year old Brendan tells the story, set in 1944-45, that begins with his parents' decision to buy a run-down grocery store in a tiny Minnesota town. What they discover about small town idealism,
"Hassler's characters have old-fashioned values and typical human failings; they make this a novel to restore your faith in humanity."LOS ANGELES TIMESAgatha McGee is following a dre
Tom Barry's summer starts off bad and only gets worse. He not only has to write a paper during the summer, but he sees his best friend rob a store. He doesn't tell a soul about it, but then later in t
In The Staggerford Murders, residents of the Ransford Hotel inadvertently "solve" the nine-year-old murder of esteemed Staggerford resident Neddy Nichols and the disappearance of his widow Blanche. H
In The Staggerford Flood, Jon Hassler brings back Agatha McGee and reunites other favorite characters from his award-winning Staggerford novels. When a flood hits Staggerford and neighboring towns, A
Since 1977, Jon HasslerA's Staggerford series has entranced readers with its funny and charming depiction of life in small-town America. The New Woman is his latest visit to this Minnesota hamlet. A
From the one-room chapel in a prairie town to the grandiose cathedral on a city street, churches stand at the heart of the Minnesota landscape. For many, churches embody the spiritual history of their
