Pocket Island: A Story of Country Life in New England

The Maine coast is a lonely place after dark, especially when you're running liquor in a dead calm with revenue cutters hunting the horizon. On mysterious Pocket Island, shrouded in fog and dark history, two outlaws make their hideout. Captain Wolf is a cunning Polish Jew driven by greed. His partner is a roving Micmac Indian who seems indifferent to the money they're making. Together they smuggle along the Maine coast, profiting from the illegal trade until their choices spin beyond their control. Munn's novel is a gritty piece of early 20th-century regional fiction that strips away any romance from frontier life. This is adventure with teeth, a story about what happens when ordinary people face temptation and moral compromise in a lonely, dangerous place.