This is a work of fiction. All names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to real events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Published by Akashic Books
©2001 Tim McLoughlin

Cover design by Renette Zimmerly
Design and layout by Will Croxton
Cover photo by Tim McLoughlin
Author photo by Mario Belluomo

ISBN: 1-888451-15-7
eISBN-13: 978-1-61775-049-6
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 00-109263
All rights reserved
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Excerpts from Heart of the Old Country appeared in an earlier form in Confrontation magazine.