Description |
174 pages ; 22 cm |
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Series |
Kansas Notable Book 2018.
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Summary |
"In his third book, Robert Rebein pulls together a unified collection of narrative essays set largely on the high plains of western Kansas. He introduces readers to a world of feedlot cowboys, stock car drivers, and young boys dreaming of basketball glory, while also providing glimpses into a darker side: damaged young men returning home from war, long-haul truckers addicted to crystal meth, the sadly heroic residents of a nursing home bearing the euphemistic name Manor of the Plains. Each chapter tells its own story, while each story advances the overarching narrative of a native son growing up in, leaving, and ultimately returning to the place that formed him as a writer and a person"-- Provided by publisher. |
Contents |
Why I Hate The Wizard of Oz -- Bullet in the Brain -- A Fire on the Moon -- Of Cattle, Bush Hogs, and Men -- The Fight -- Hoops, Happiness, Pistol Pete, and Me -- Biscuits and Meth -- Farewell, My Lovely -- Dog Heaven -- A Horse in the Country -- Driver's Education -- Home on the Range. |
Source |
WtrMrk 06.2018 PARS |
Subject |
Rebein, Robert, 1964- -- Homes and haunts -- Kansas.
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Kansas -- Social life and customs.
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Rebein, Robert, 1964- -- Childhood and youth.
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Country life -- Kansas -- Anecdotes.
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HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI).
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ISBN |
9780700624713 (pbk.) |
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0700624716 (pbk.) |
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