Evan S. Connell, a writer of wide-ranging talents who wrote acclaimed novels such as “Mrs. Bridge” and “Mr. Bridge” and whose nonfiction account of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, “Son of the ...

When I heard that Evan S. Connell died last week at the age of 88 what I first remembered was a tornado bearing down on a country club in Kansas City. It’s a tour-de-force scene, one of many, from ...

Hard work is the only thing of worth in this world. At least according to Walter Bridge, the focal character in Mr. Bridge by Evan S. Connell. Just as in Mrs. Bridge, this novel takes the reader ...

A Scots bridge has been shut down due to a huge wildfire. Connel Bridge has closed to commuters after after a blaze broke out near to the town of Connel, Argyll and Bute. Emergency crews raced to the ...