Dow Mossman, born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is an American writer. Mossman studied at Coe College for two years, finished college at the University of Iowa and received his M.A. from the Iowa Writers' Workshop in 1969. His novel, "The Stones of Summer", was published by Bobbs-Merrill and Popular Library in 1972. Following the publication of "The Stones of Summer", Dow was mentally exhausted and spent several months in an Iowa sanitorium. Wikipedia
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