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Member Since:
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Edward Stanton
Biography
Edward Stanton's Wide as the Wind is based on ten years of travel and research on Easter Island, whose name he has changed in his novel in order to extend its imaginative reach to all of Polynesia. Born in Colorado and raised in California, he resides in Kentucky after having lived in Mexico, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile and Spain. Stanton is the author of eleven books, some of which have been translated and published in Spanish, Arabic and Chinese. Road of Stars to Santiago, the story of his 500-mile walk on the ancient pilgrimage route to Compostela, was called one of the two best books on the subject by The New York Times. Pulitzer Prize-winning writer James Michener said, "Edward Stanton recounts his adventures with stylish conviction." Stanton has also published fiction, poems, translations and essays in magazines, journals and newspapers in countries throughout the world. He has been a professor of literature at universities in the U.S., Europe and South America. The Fulbright Commission and the National Endowment for the Humanities have awarded him grants for travel, research and writing. His students and colleagues recently published a volume of essays in his honor. At present he is completing a travel memoir titled VIDA: A Life.
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Books
How Miru Earned His Secret Name
by Edward Stanton
Price:
Free!
Words: 2,410.
Language:
English.
Published: December 26, 2016
by
Open Books Press.
Categories:
Fiction » Young adult or teen » Adventure, Fiction » Coming of age
This free bonus chapter shares a story not in the main novel, Wide as the Wind. It addresses how Miru, the main character, earned his secret name. Whether you have already read the novel and would like some extra background, or if you want to "test the waters" before you read Wide as the Wind, this standalone chapter will provide extra insight into our young hero, Miru.
Wide as the Wind
by Edward Stanton
Price:
$3.99 USD.
Words: 60,870.
Language:
English.
Published: September 30, 2016
by
Open Books Press.
Categories:
Fiction » Literature » Literary, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Adventure
*Winner: Next Generation Indie Book Award (YA Fiction), Moonbeam Children's Book Award (YA Fiction: Historical), and Feathered Quill Award (Teen Fiction)* The lyrical tale of a boy, a girl, their island, and how they saved it. Wide as the Wind is the first novel to deal with the stunning, tragic history of Easter Island. It is both a stirring novel of adventure and a prophetic tale for our times.