The Ballad of Trenchmouth Taggart

by M. Glenn Taylor

Book Overview

Meet Trenchmouth Taggart, a man born and orphaned in 1903, a man nicknamed for his lifelong oral affliction. His boyhood is shaped by the Widow Dorsett, a strong mountain woman who teaches him to hunt and to survive the taunts of others. In the hills of southern West Virginia, a boy grows up fast. Trenchmouth sips moonshine, handles snakes, pleases women, and masters the rifle--a skill that lands him in the middle of the West Virginia coal wars...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061922978
• ISBN13: 9780061922978
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

The Ballad of Trenchmouth Taggert

An unusual story...but would really make a great movie script...hard to get into, but the longer I read, the more I liked it....the main character was alot like the Gump character in the Tom Hanks movie...it was almost too outrageous to be believeable....well written...story line flowed evenly...

Highly recommended!!

Ok...me read anything about history, I don't think so! Not my normal read, I'm more a fantasy/SciFi reader. But wow, I loved this book. I finished it in 2 days. It was engaging and very funny. Glen's insight into people is intelligent and real. This book is a lesson in what is right and wrong and how doing wrong is sometimes right. It is about learning from your mistakes, about second and third chances and about everyday hero's. It's about how one person can touch so many lives and not realize they can make a difference, good or bad. I loved it and yes this would make a great movie...I would be first in line to see it!!

History and Drama

This book not only gave a wonderful sense of history but presented it through deep characters. Trenchmouth Taggart is also very dramatic and at times a page-turner. A friend of the author suggested I read the book which turned out a wonderful recommendation. For a first book or any number book, I have to recommend Trenchmouth Taggart very highly. Kudos to M. Glenn Taylor!

Brilliant, engrossing read

This is a supremely well-crafted, artful novel. The protagonist is a fascinating guide through over a century of West Virginia's scarred, heroic history. BTT is, first and foremost, great storytelling from a very talented young writer.

Well done sir

Rarely do you come across a book that so pristinely captures an era with such grittiness and literary clout as this one does. With characters so rich in both context and depth, it's nearly impossible to put the book down with out feeling like you just ate a big turkey. Characters this colorful haven't been seen by the likes of me in sometime. The pages are literally dripping. Glenn Taylor has created a triumph.