Early American Dramatists: From the Beginnings to 1900

By Jack A. Vaughn

Wade Whitehouse is an improbable protagonist for a tragedy. A well-digger and policeman in a bleak New Hampshire town, he is a former high-school star gone to beer fat, a loner with a mean streak. It is a mark of Russell Banks' artistry and understanding that Wade comes to loom in one's mind as a blue-collar American Everyman afflicted by the dark secret of the macho tradition. Told by his articulate, equally scarred younger brother, Wade's story becomes as spellbinding and inexorable as a fuse burning its way to the dynamite.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804429405
• ISBN13: 9780804429405
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: UNKNO
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.7"