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01416aam a2200289 a 4500 001 4B74BF0A8AAE11E1997B60DA6AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20120420010138 008 120402r20121961nvu 000 1 eng dnam a 020 $a 1612182976 020 $a 9781612182971 040 $d SILO $d SILO 100 1 $a Miller, Merle, $d 1919-1986. 245 1 $a A gay and melancholy sound / $c by Merle Miller ; introduction by Nancy Pearl. 260 $a Las Vegas, NV : $b AmazonEncore, $c 2012, c1961. 300 $a viii, 567 p. ; $c 21 cm. 500 $a "Nancy Pearl presents a book lust rediscovery" --Cover. 500 $a Includes reading group guide. 520 $a Child prodigy Joshua Bland's life has been anything but bland. Joshua's father abandons him and his mentally imbalanced mother when he is a young boy, leaving him to be raised by a cynical, hostile, and self-doubting stepfather. When Joshua loses a national knowledge competition, his family's reaction puts him on the path to becoming a World War II veteran, bestselling author, successful producer, and absentee father. 650 0 $a Men $x Psychology $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Gifted children $v Fiction. 700 1 $a Pearl, Nancy. 941 $a 3 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409035541.0 952 $l DQPA403 $d 20180703023820.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20150926014136.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4B74BF0A8AAE11E1997B60DA6AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search