The One-Room Schoolhouse
Stories about the Boys
$24.75
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
30 August 1994
Summary
In more than 100 perfectly pitched stories, Heynen displays his mastery of country wisdom, speech, and behavior as he reveals life in a Midwest where electricity is a magical novelty and cities a distant rumor. Indelibly American, these tales are of farmboys finding their way, contending with grown-ups, city kids, birth, death, rats, skunks, and even mean ponies.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780679747697 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0679747699 |
| Author: | Jim Heynen |
| Publisher: | Vintage |
| Imprint: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 30 August 1994 |
| Weight: | 322g |
| Dimensions: | 17mm x 144mm x 222mm |
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Critics Review
“Jim Heynen knows the secret passage that lets him into the minds of young country boys…as they encounter the realities of a distinctive way of life–isolated, harshly beautiful–that is vanishing from the American scene.”–Chicago Tribune “In language that’s both poignant and simple, these hundred tales present an intimate, frank, and beautifully detailed portrait of rural life.” –Seattle Times
“Sharply written…emotionally rich…[a] sublime gem.”–Cleveland Plain Dealer
About The Author
Jim Heynen
Jim Heynen teaches at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. He is the author of six previous collections of poetry, as well as the novels Being Youngest and Cosmos Coyote. His book of tales, The One-Room Schoolhouse, earned him a wide and loyal audience, including the praise of astronaut George “Pinky” Nelson, who took Heynen’s “stories about the boys” into space with him on his last shuttle mission.
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