John S. Barrett is a native of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, and a graduate of Haverford College and Harvard Medical School. After internship and specialty training at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, he practiced as a cardiologist in Philadelphia and Reading, PA. In retirement, he has translated a number of German and Austrian authors and has provided reviews to newspapers and journals. He lives with his wife in New Hampshire.
Beyond the Hedge of Thorns recounts the small moments in the everyday life of a boy growing up in a Pennsylvania mining town during the vanished era when the butcher, grocer, and milkman delivered right to the house, television had not yet arrived, and kids played softball on vacant lots, cruised th...
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