Cold as a Dog and Other Stories: The Poetry and Ballads of Ruth Moore

Bestselling author Ruth Moore (1903-1989) not only wrote some of Maine's greatest and most authentic novels (The Weir, Spoonhandle, Second Growth) that prompted critics to compare her to Steinbeck and O'Connor, but she also wrote poetry, ballads, and short stories-some treading the familiar ground of her beloved coast while others embraced more fanciful literary journeys into a world of mermaids and legend. Cold as a Dog and Other Stories is a collection of her work that serves to further s...