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Author
Publisher
Whispering Hope
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
"Your heart is the core of your body, mind, and soul. This book is a collection of stories as a girl experiences the joys and pains of growing up in a family of twelve in Kansas. Read how they struggle through the post-depression era as you follow her on her incredible journey into womanhood. You will discover the 'art' of finding chewed bulb-blegum on the road, playing chicken on the tracks of an incoming train, and the compassion displayed by her...
Author
Publisher
Swallow Press/Ohio University Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
In Dragging Wyatt Earp essayist Robert Rebein explores what it means to grow up in, leave, and ultimately return to the iconic Western town of Dodge City, Kansas. In chapters ranging from memoir to reportage to revisionist history, Rebein contrasts his hometown?s Old West heritage with a New West reality that includes salvage yards, beefpacking plants, and bored teenagers cruising up and down Wyatt Earp Boulevard.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"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...
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