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Author:

Kinsella, W. P., author.

Title:

The essential W.P. Kinsella / W. P. Kinsella [introduction by Rick Wilber].

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Tachyon Publications,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

ix, 422 pages ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Baseball stories.
Indians of North America--Fiction.
Short stories, Canadian.
Short stories.

Contents:

Truth -- How I got my nickname --The night Manny Mota tied the record -- First names and empty pockets -- Searching for January -- Lieberman in love -- The Grecian urn -- The fog -- Beef -- Distances -- How Manny Embarquadero overcame and began his climb to the major leagues -- The Indian Nation Cultrural Exchange Program -- K Mart -- The firefighter -- Dr. Don -- Brother Frank's Gospel Hour -- The Alligator Report--with questions for discusion -- King of the street -- Wavelengths -- Do not abandon me -- Marco in Paradise -- Out of the picture -- The lightning birds -- Punchlines -- The last surviving member of the Japanese Victory Society -- The job -- The risk takers -- The lime tree -- Doves and proverbs -- Waiting on Lombard Street -- Shoeless Joe Jackson comes to Iowa.

Summary:

Here are his notorious First Nation narratives of indigenous Canadians, and a literary homage to J. D. Salinger. Alongside the "real" story of the 1951 Giants and the afterlife of Roberto Clemente, are the legends of a pirated radio station and a hockey game rigged by tribal magic.

ISBN:

1616961872
9781616961879

Locations:

DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)

GFPE771 -- Altoona Public Library (Altoona)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)