The Moosepath League Saga is a series of historical novels by Van Reid. Set in the State of Maine in the late 19th century, they are on the surface comic novels, but contain strong elements of adventure, mystery, romance, and the occasional brushes with the supernatural. Reid has drawn on history, 19th century literature and newspaper stories, folk-lore, and old family stories for his settings, characters, and themes. The first book in the series was picked as a New York Times Notable Book of 1998. The Moosepath Saga The first book in the series was initially published in serial form in the Lincoln County Weekly, Damariscotta, Maine under the title The Moosepath League, running from April, 1995 to June, 1997. Originally published by The Viking Press/Penguin Books, the Moosepath saga, as well as Peter Loon are currently being published by Down East Books, a subsidiary of the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group. New editions of the first two books include some new material — in each case, short passages left out of the original editions. Reid, purportedly, is working on the seventh and eight volumes. Not listed above is Reid's fourth published novel Peter Loon. This book is not ostensibly part of the Moosepath Saga, but many readers suspected it to be somehow connected to the series. Reid's seventh novel Moss Farm answered those suspicions by making the connections explicit. Main characters The series follows the adventures and misadventures of five men, who form the titular gentleman’s club. The founding members of the Moosepath League are: Mr. Joseph Thump — who first suggests the idea of forming a club while having dinner with his two friends; Mr. Christopher Eagleton; Mr. Matthew Ephram; Mister Tobias Walton — the league’s chairman (the word “Mister” is always spelled out when referring to Tobias Walton); Mr. Sundry Moss — “gentleman’s gentleman” and assistant to Mister Walton Mister Walton is a genial Pickwickian character. Sundry Moss is nominally his valet but functions as general assistant and "fixer." Ephram, Eagleton and Thump are a trio of bumbling but thoroughly well-intentioned gentleman bachelors who inject comic farce into the proceedings. The characters are an homage to Charles Dickens' Mr. Pickwick and company. In chapter four of Cordelia Underwood, Cordelia finds a copy of The Pickwick Papers in her uncle's trunk. Author Van Reid says that the names of the characters Ephram, Eagleton and Thump were chosen to