num_pages: 784
description: Featuring sixty-three stories spanning five decades, this superb collection--including "Girls in Their Summer Dresses," "Sailor Off the Bremen," and "The Eighty-Yard Run"--clearly illustrates why Shaw is considered one of America's finest short-story writers.
language: English
title: Short Stories: Five Decades
titlecomplete: Short Stories: Five Decades (Phoenix Fiction)
genres: Classics, Short Stories, Short Story Collection, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 238
publisher: University of Chicago Press