The essential W. P. Kinsella
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 422
ISBN-13: 9781616961879
Subjects: Canadian Short stories; Baseball stories; Indians of North America; Fiction
Work titles: Short stories
Description: Here are his notorious First Nation narratives of indigenous Canadians, and a literary homage to J. D. Salinger. Alongside the "real" story of the 1951 Giants and the afterlife of Roberto Clemente, are the legends of a pirated radio station and a hockey game rigged by tribal magic.
Table of contents: title: Truth --; title: How I got my nickname --; title: The night Manny Mota tied the record --; title: First names and empty pockets --; title: Searching for January --; title: Lieberman in love --; title: The Grecian urn --; title: The fog --; title: Beef --; title: Distances --; title: How Manny Embarquadero overcame and began his climb to the major leagues --; title: The Indian Nation Cultrural Exchange Program --; title: K Mart --; title: The firefighter --; title: Dr. Don --; title: Brother Frank's Gospel Hour --; title: The Alligator Report --; title: King of the street --; title: Wavelengths --; title: Do not abandon me --; title: Marco in Paradise --; title: Out of the picture --; title: The lightning birds --; title: Punchlines --; title: The last surviving member of the Japanese Victory Society --; title: The job --; title: The risk takers --; title: The lime tree --; title: Doves and proverbs --; title: Waiting on Lombard Street --; title: Shoeless Joe Jackson comes to Iowa --; title: Where it began: Shoeless Joe.