Owen, Howard 1949-

Littlejohn by Howard Owen( Book )
14 editions published between 1992 and 1995 in English and French and held by 831 libraries worldwide
Littlejohn McCain, an 82-year-old North Carolina farmer, goes out into the Blue Sandhills on the hottest day of the year to sit in the afternoon sun on the edge of Maxwell's Millpond, wait for the monkey, and pray for an act of God. Why? The protagonist of Howard Owen's first novel is a man whose father lost a leg in the Civil War, and whose daughter and grandson are fighting more personal battles in the very different world of the late 20th century. Littlejohn, the man in the middle, lives in East Geddie, which is, oddly, southwest of Geddie itself. Like the town in which he's spent his life, Littlejohn is not as he appears. Now, in the summer of 1989, with the loose ends all tied up, he reflects on a life that has been filled with terrible secrets and unexpected redemption, a life of Old Testament proportions. Beneath a facade as calm and ordinary as a Presbyterian hymn, Littlejohn McCain is an uncommon man who has led a most uncommon life.

The measured man : a novel by Howard Owen( Book )
5 editions published between 1997 and 1999 in English and held by 388 libraries worldwide
A Southern town holds a referendum on the future of the old slave market. The blacks want to turn it into a museum, the whites are against it, afraid it will revive memories. Caught in the middle is Walker Fann, the editor of the local newspaper. He is a good white who counts many blacks among his friends, but supporting a museum might cost the newspaper white advertising dollars. By the author of Fat Lightning.

Answers to Lucky by Howard Owen( Book )
6 editions published between 1996 and 1997 in English and held by 368 libraries worldwide
Two hostile Southern brothers are brought together by politics. The sons of a truck driver, they are Lucky, who contracts polio, drops out of high school and works in a factory, and Tom Ed, a basketball star and politician. Separated by different lifestyles to the point of hate, they join forces when Tom Ed runs for governor of North Carolina.

Fat lightning : a novel by Howard Owen( Book )
5 editions published between 1994 and 1996 in English and held by 340 libraries worldwide
A farm in the rural South is transformed into a tourist attraction following the apparition of Jesus crucified on a barn. The story is narrated by Nancy Chastain, the wife of a pharmacist who abandons the city rat race for the peace of the country. A tale of religious fanaticism by the author of Littlejohn.

Rock of ages by Howard Owen( Book )
1 edition published in 2006 in English and held by 334 libraries worldwide
Howard Owen returns to the terrain of Scots County, North Carolina, site of his best-selling first novel.

Harry and Ruth by Howard Owen( Book )
1 edition published in 2000 in English and held by 301 libraries worldwide
Harry and Ruth are unlikely lovers, "seasoned by wars both foreign and domestic, by Washington and state politics, by an Olympic swimmer they've both failed in different ways, by business and financial success--and by two haunted and disastrous marriages. Through it all, Harry and Ruth endure--on paper. They begin writing in the fall in 1942 and never stop."--Jacket.

The reckoning by Howard Owen( Book )
1 edition published in 2010 in English and held by 221 libraries worldwide
"In Howard Owen's ninth novel, old scabs are torn off and new wounds inflicted. In the end there will be a reckoning for all of them, and sixteen-year old Jake James will find himself at a border as daunting as the one from which his father turned back so long ago."--from publisher's description.

The rail by Howard Owen( Book )
2 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 169 libraries worldwide
"Before he let his life fall apart, James "Neil" Beauchamp was special. He lived and flourished in the world of privilege, adored and accommodated. Then, before he truly learned to appreciate it, the one talent that lifted him from a small life in a small town was gone." -- Jacket.

Turn signal by Howard Owen( Book )
1 edition published in 2004 in English and held by 140 libraries worldwide

Biographical sketches of the members of the Senate and House of Representatives of Maine( Journal / Magazine / Newspaper )
in English and held by 12 libraries worldwide