The Cunning Man

I loved this fantasy mystery, it was right up my alley. Set in Utah in the 1930s, Hiram Wooley, a beet farmer, is cunning man, conversant with practical folk magic, which is becoming increasingly forgotten in the modernizing world. Hiram is a do-gooder, sent on missions of aid by the Presiding Bisho......more

The Cunning Man is a supernatural suspense novel that's a fun, easy read. Beneath that surface, it's also a rich and insightful piece of Mormon and Western literature, shedding vital light on the transition from a 19th century frontier culture to a 20th century economy and culture. I loved this book......more

The Cunning Man by D.J. Butler and Aaron Ritchy Please give my Amazon review a helpful vote - [URL not allowed]-re... I picked this up thinking it might be along the lines Manley Wade Wellman's "Silver John" series, which I think was initially set during the same post-World War I time......more

Hiram, a practicing Mormon in the 1930s also practices folk magic on the side, but strives to hide it from his adopted Indian/indigenous son. On a trip to give food to miners working in a closed mine, Hiram investigates the reason for the mine's closure and yes, of course there are other people usin......more