Pilgrims
By: Elizabeth Gilbert.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co.
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
Subjects: United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction
Description: Elizabeth Gilbert's short stories roam from Wyoming to New York City, from Minnesota to Texas. With humor and dignity, Gilbert explores the revelations of diverse and memorable characters, each pursuing a singular American pilgrimage. A tough East Coast girl dares a western cowboy to run off into the Rocky Mountains with her. A family of Hungarian-immigrant magicians struggle for redemption in Pittsburgh. A dying old woman contentedly surveys her lifetime of promiscuity.

On an impossible and tragic quest for honor, an ignorant laborer runs for president of his mafia-controlled union.