 The book was named a 2012 Indie Sleeper Pick by "Publishers Weekly", and a Best Books of 2012 selection by the "Maine Edge".Pahigian is a Mentor in the Western Connecticut State University Low Residency Master of Fine Arts program in Creative and Professional Writing, and a Fellow in the University of New England Center for Global Humanities in Biddeford, Maine.Herschel Burke Gilbert

Herschel Burke Gilbert (April 20, 1918 – June 8, 2003) was a prolific orchestrator, musical supervisor, and composer of film and television scores and theme songs, including "The Rifleman" (starring Chuck Connors), "Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater", and "The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor".