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Michelle Wildgen: IMG A Few Initial and Not-Comprehensive Meditations on Group Novels

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I am a sucker for a book about a group. What reminded me of this was Joanna Smith Rakoff's A Fortunate Age, her homage to Mary McCarthy's endlessly re-readable... Continue »
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Other titles in the Oklahoma Stories & Storytellers series:

  1. Three Plays: The Indolent Boys, Children of the Sun, and the Moon in Two Windows
  2. Harpsong
  3. Some of Tim's Stories (Oklahoma Stories & Storytellers #02)
  4. Way Down Yonder in the Indian Nation: Writings from America's Heartland

Oklahoma Stories & Storytellers #1: Harpsong

by Rilla Askew

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ISBN13: 9780806138237
ISBN10: 0806138238
Condition: Standard
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A love story about Dust Bowl heroes who didn't leave for California

Review:

"Set in Depression-era Oklahoma and drawing inevitable comparison to The Grapes of Wrath, Askew's novel presents the best and worst of humanity in its depiction of hardscrabble lives lived during the Dust Bowl. Sharon Thompson is only 14 when cocksure wanderer Harlan Singer steals her heart and takes her on the road. The pair hop freight trains all around the heartland, earning pennies with Harlan's miraculous and captivating harmonica skills. They encounter both greedy authorities and kind strangers, including a run-in with some railroad police that almost kills Harlan, changing his and Sharon's life forever. Askew's command of language is a pleasure to behold, bringing out the pain and wonder of her story with a bittersweet immediacy." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)
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ISBN:
9780806138237
Author:
Askew, Rilla
Publisher:
University of Oklahoma Press
Subject:
General
Subject:
Oklahoma
Subject:
Folk singers
Subject:
Love stories
Subject:
Historical - General
Series:
Oklahoma Stories & Storytellers
Series Volume:
1
Publication Date:
May 2007
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Pages:
243
Dimensions:
919x645x92 122
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