Hyannis Boat and Other Stories

by W.D. Wetherell

A collection of short stories which recreate the America of today from the last moments of World War II to "What Peter Saw" and the first glimmers of Vietnam. The author has written "The Man Who Loved Levittown" which received the Drue Heinz Literature Prize of 1985, and has won many other awards.

208 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1989

About the author

Walter D. Wetherell is the author of eleven previous works of fiction and nonfiction. He has received two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, two O. Henry Awards, the Drue Heinz Literature Prize, and, most recently, the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ Strauss Living Award. He lives in Lyme, New Hampshire, with his wife and two children. His latest novel is A Century of November.

Reviews

[Eric · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed it a little at a time. None of the stories had the magic of "The Bass, The River, and Shelia Mant," but I liked the collection. Beautifully written. Some quirky and memorable similes.