Ratings
Rated: 18 times. Average rating 3.78
Description
After aspiring children's author Arthur Hayman is killed by a cement truck, the posthumous success of his series The Hayseed Chronicles--which features the enigmatic villain Mr. Toppit, as well as a hero based on Hayman's son, Luke--burdens his family, especially when Laurie Clow, a tourist present at Hayman's death, wants her share of the Hayseed phenomenon. A first novel. Original. 50,000 first printing.
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Books by Charles Elton:
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