Peachmonk

Eyerman, JohnProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Word count: 44K words
Chapters: 5

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Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Peachmonk by John EyermanAuthor: Eyerman, John,Language: English, Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature, Release Date: Jul 16, 2012

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Eyerman, John Author

John Eyerman is an author about whom little public information is available; neither his dates of birth and death nor his nationality have been reliably recorded, and biographical details remain unknown. Only one work by him, Peachmonk, can currently be identified, so any understanding of his overall body of work and creative development is quite limited. Judging from the title and presentation of this work, it appears closer to a narrative with elements of fantasy or fable than to documentary or academic writing; the author seems to favor a concise, slightly symbolic style that places characters in whimsical situations. Because other works and critical materials are lacking, it is difficult to determine whether this choice of subject was a one-off or a consistent tendency in his writing. For readers interested in obscure authors and marginal texts, Eyerman's name exists mainly through the isolated text of Peachmonk; his stylistic features and literary influence await further material for confirmation.