This is the second collection of stories by Michael Cooney set in a mythical town inspired by the history and people of the factory towns that flourished in the Mohawk Valley. An earlier set of stories, entitled Asteronga, New York, appeared in 2013 and focused on a boy growing to adulthood in the early 1960s. This collection draws on a wider range of history and legend. The founding family of Mormonism is at the center of