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© 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1978 by Howard Frank Mosher

Originally published in 1978 by The Viking Press

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ISBN-13: 978-1-58465-363-9

ISBN-10: 1-58465-363-9

ISBN-13: 978-1-61168-344-8 (e-book)

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Some of these stories originally appeared as follows: “Alabama Jones” in Cimarron Review, “The Peacock” in The Colorado Quarterly, “Burl” in Epoch, “First Snow” in Four Quarters, “High Water” in South Carolina Review.

The Library of Congress has cataloged the original edition as follows

Mosher, Howard Frank

Where the rivers flow north.

I. Title.

PZ4.M91137wh [PS3563.08844]

813′.5′4 78–13499

ISBN 0–670–76131–1