Snake Nation Press Catalog

$50 hardcover

Smoky Ordinary

To Paris! 1914, Then and Now

by Kathy Flann

Winner of the 2008
Serena McDonald Kennedy Award

A handsome book of maps and photographs of 1914 battlefields and how they look today and a comprehensive description of the first six weeks of WWI, following the right flank of the German advance through Belgium and northern France. Historical context and tactical aspects are addressed in this book, reflecting on the long-term effects of the failure of the August 1914 offensive, many of which are still in today’s headlines.

Please welcome Kathy Flann, whose keen eye, quick pencil, and tremendous heart have reached practically everybody in the invented but wholly believable community of Smoky Ordinary, from small to great, the up-and-comers to the down-and-outers, from the woman caring for her dying husband to the man that howls like a dog, from a jaded former United States President to the bird smashed on the grill of his limo. This collection marks the beginning of an original and memorable career.
–Madison Smartt Bell

$20 softcover

$20