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Author:

Peck, Richard, 1934-

Title:

A long way from Chicago : a novel in stories / Richard Peck.

Publisher:

Thorndike Press,

Copyright Date:

2001

Description:

191 p. (large print) ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Grandmothers--Fiction.
Depressions--1929--Fiction.
Country life--Illinois--Fiction.
Large type books.
Illinois--Fiction.

Notes:

Sequel: A year down yonder.

Contents:

Prologue -- Shotgun Cheatham's last night above ground -- The mouse in the milk -- A one-woman crime wave -- The day of judgment -- The phantom brakeman -- Things with wings -- Centennial summer -- The troop train.

Summary:

A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than-life grandmother.

ISBN:

9780786232499 (lg. print)
0786232498 (lg. print)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)46590999

LCCN:

00092889

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

ETPD745 -- Emmetsburg Public Library (Emmetsburg)

HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)