Is apparently in the mood for cleaning up the yard. . . Professional teams carrying names considered derogatory of ethnic minorities need to go. But how about huge sports venues carrying the names of corporations that have been convicted of or have confessed to practices that cheat their customers or clients? Wells Fargo comes to mind. And who can forget Enron?

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  1. First cousin Greg (oldest son of your aunt Juliette) here. I searched your site for a contact email but couldn’t find one. Sorry that I’m using your blog comment section in this way… I am a third of the way into True North. I’m very impressed with the book! Surely, the setting is intriguing for, though I followed you through Rolla some 15 years behind, you have captured the spirit of the area and the people I remember so well. Your writing style, storytelling, and character development remind me of some of my favorites: Krueger’s Ordinary Grace or Towles’ recent The Lincoln Highway. I must confess that I started the book out of a sense of curiosity about the writing of a relative. I’ll finish it because I’m enjoying it immensely. My mother, who has spoken often of the time she spent living with your folks when you were a child, is anxious to get her hands on my copy. I’d like to get her a signed copy of her own for Mother’s Day and would love to trade messages with you on how I might be able to make those arrangements. I hope this circuitous path to making contact results in a connection. I apologize again for misusing your blog in this way.

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Praise for True North

A thoughtful yet passionate, densely woven tableau of interconnected lives and eras in the tradition of Sherwood Anderson; Gary Eller brings a lifetime’s care and an artist’s eye to his magnum opus—a shivery swirl of adventure provoking double-takes of recognition: They are us. Rich, funny, moving, and wise.

Joan Frank, author of The Outlook for Earthlings

True North will quickly jerk you by the roots from the tranquil prairie grasses into a world of mystery, murder and intrigue. Eller’s depth of detail and description takes you smoothly through the sights, sounds and fragrances of an uncovered world.

Dennis R. Waller, author of Walkin’ Joe and theMidnight Marauders

Sad, mysterious, tender, sometimes hilarious and occasionally savage. But they all have a couple of things in common: real-as-life characters you’ll want to spend time with, and an elegant readability that will make that time go much too fast.

Jim Nichols, author of Blue Summer, winner of the 2021Maine Fiction Award

Like Toni Morrison, Gary Eller knows salvation is always the motive, whether the crime is murder—or love.

Paul M. Hedeen, author of The Butterfly

Engrossing… Through unflinching narration, Eller submerges readers into the bleak, but lushly imagined, inner worlds of the Little Shays, the Breens, the Morinvilles, and the Peaveys, as they grapple with each other for primacy of place and survival.

Debra Marquart, author of The Horizontal World:Growing Up Wild in the Middle of Nowhere

Funny, compelling, and often disturbing, True North introduces us to characters who endure despite poverty and cruel Fate, and we cheer for them because of and despite their desperation. This novel shows us a new angry Eller, and it’s a justified anger in the tradition of Ed Abbey and Kurt Vonnegut.

Hank Nuwer, author of Sons of the Dawn

Praise for True North

A thoughtful yet passionate, densely woven tableau of interconnected lives and eras in the tradition of Sherwood Anderson; Gary Eller brings a lifetime’s care and an artist’s eye to his magnum opus—a shivery swirl of adventure provoking double-takes of recognition: They are us. Rich, funny, moving, and wise.

Joan Frank, author of The Outlook for Earthlings

True North will quickly jerk you by the roots from the tranquil prairie grasses into a world of mystery, murder and intrigue. Eller’s depth of detail and description takes you smoothly through the sights, sounds and fragrances of an uncovered world.

Dennis R. Waller, author of Walkin’ Joe and theMidnight Marauders

Sad, mysterious, tender, sometimes hilarious and occasionally savage. But they all have a couple of things in common: real-as-life characters you’ll want to spend time with, and an elegant readability that will make that time go much too fast.

Jim Nichols, author of Blue Summer, winner of the 2021Maine Fiction Award

Like Toni Morrison, Gary Eller knows salvation is always the motive, whether the crime is murder—or love.

Paul M. Hedeen, author of The Butterfly

Engrossing… Through unflinching narration, Eller submerges readers into the bleak, but lushly imagined, inner worlds of the Little Shays, the Breens, the Morinvilles, and the Peaveys, as they grapple with each other for primacy of place and survival.

Debra Marquart, author of The Horizontal World:Growing Up Wild in the Middle of Nowhere

Funny, compelling, and often disturbing, True North introduces us to characters who endure despite poverty and cruel Fate, and we cheer for them because of and despite their desperation. This novel shows us a new angry Eller, and it’s a justified anger in the tradition of Ed Abbey and Kurt Vonnegut.

Hank Nuwer, author of Sons of the Dawn

Praise for True North

A thoughtful yet passionate, densely woven tableau of interconnected lives and eras in the tradition of Sherwood Anderson; Gary Eller brings a lifetime’s care and an artist’s eye to his magnum opus—a shivery swirl of adventure provoking double-takes of recognition: They are us. Rich, funny, moving, and wise.

Joan Frank, author of The Outlook for Earthlings

True North will quickly jerk you by the roots from the tranquil prairie grasses into a world of mystery, murder and intrigue. Eller’s depth of detail and description takes you smoothly through the sights, sounds and fragrances of an uncovered world.

Dennis R. Waller, author of Walkin’ Joe and theMidnight Marauders

Sad, mysterious, tender, sometimes hilarious and occasionally savage. But they all have a couple of things in common: real-as-life characters you’ll want to spend time with, and an elegant readability that will make that time go much too fast.

Jim Nichols, author of Blue Summer, winner of the 2021Maine Fiction Award

Like Toni Morrison, Gary Eller knows salvation is always the motive, whether the crime is murder—or love.

Paul M. Hedeen, author of The Butterfly

Engrossing… Through unflinching narration, Eller submerges readers into the bleak, but lushly imagined, inner worlds of the Little Shays, the Breens, the Morinvilles, and the Peaveys, as they grapple with each other for primacy of place and survival.

Debra Marquart, author of The Horizontal World:Growing Up Wild in the Middle of Nowhere

Funny, compelling, and often disturbing, True North introduces us to characters who endure despite poverty and cruel Fate, and we cheer for them because of and despite their desperation. This novel shows us a new angry Eller, and it’s a justified anger in the tradition of Ed Abbey and Kurt Vonnegut.

Hank Nuwer, author of Sons of the Dawn

Praise for True North

A thoughtful yet passionate, densely woven tableau of interconnected lives and eras in the tradition of Sherwood Anderson; Gary Eller brings a lifetime’s care and an artist’s eye to his magnum opus—a shivery swirl of adventure provoking double-takes of recognition: They are us. Rich, funny, moving, and wise.

Joan Frank, author of The Outlook for Earthlings

True North will quickly jerk you by the roots from the tranquil prairie grasses into a world of mystery, murder and intrigue. Eller’s depth of detail and description takes you smoothly through the sights, sounds and fragrances of an uncovered world.

Dennis R. Waller, author of Walkin’ Joe and theMidnight Marauders

Sad, mysterious, tender, sometimes hilarious and occasionally savage. But they all have a couple of things in common: real-as-life characters you’ll want to spend time with, and an elegant readability that will make that time go much too fast.

Jim Nichols, author of Blue Summer, winner of the 2021Maine Fiction Award

Like Toni Morrison, Gary Eller knows salvation is always the motive, whether the crime is murder—or love.

Paul M. Hedeen, author of The Butterfly

Engrossing… Through unflinching narration, Eller submerges readers into the bleak, but lushly imagined, inner worlds of the Little Shays, the Breens, the Morinvilles, and the Peaveys, as they grapple with each other for primacy of place and survival.

Debra Marquart, author of The Horizontal World:Growing Up Wild in the Middle of Nowhere

Funny, compelling, and often disturbing, True North introduces us to characters who endure despite poverty and cruel Fate, and we cheer for them because of and despite their desperation. This novel shows us a new angry Eller, and it’s a justified anger in the tradition of Ed Abbey and Kurt Vonnegut.

Hank Nuwer, author of Sons of the Dawn