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1 online resource (249 pages) |
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PART I: FFENSE; Slouching toward the Land of Nod: Abel v. Cain; Children of the Sun: Musashi v. Kojiro; First- Called Quits: Pelham v. Vanderhosen; Founding Fathers: Hamilton v. Burr; A Scalping: Thompson v. Asi- yahola; Steel Hole by Hole: Henry v. MacKenna; Into the Greasy Grass: Custer v. Ska; Fiesta de Semana Santa: Fuego v. Lopez y Avaloz; Night of the Chicken Run: Summers v. Scarborough; Dueling Banjos in the Key of A: Redden v. Cox; Peleas de Gallo: Caesar v. I Am; PART II: HALLENGE; A Saint and His Dragon: George v. Dragon; Judicium Dei or Trial by Combat: Le Gris v. Carrouges. |
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Tilting at Windmills: Nicholas v. QuixoteOn Moses's Failed Insurrection: Unbada v. Cantrell; A Black Night in the South: Ackers v. McCarthy Sr.; Slap Leather: Hickok v. Tutt Jr.; The Black Knight of the South (A Gothic Romance): Moran v. McCarthy Jr.; Catfight in a Cathouse: Carol v. LaRouche; Shanks in the Courtyard: Ramirez v. Nu'man; Code of Conduct: Frato v. Greene; It's a Family Affair: Sellers v. Sellers; PART III: ATISFACTION; Delivered into His Hands: David v. Goliath; Dueling Visions of David: Donatello v. Michelangelo v. da Vinci. |
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A Prediction Come to Pass: Gabriel, Comte de Montgomery v. King Henry IIOld Hickory: Dickinson v. Jackson; Man above Challenge: Dauphin v. Culver; Pistols at Twenty Paces: Lacroix v. Thigpen; Check, Mate: Johnson v. Rasputin; Me and the Devil Blues: Johnson v. Trussle; Custody Battle for Chelsea Tammy: Malgrove v. Bowling; The Magic Hour: Garriga v. Garriga; Occupational Hazard or Ars Poetica: Shoulder Angel v. Shoulder Demon. |
| Summary |
In this compact collection,?settling the score" provides a fascinating apparatus for exploring foundational civilizing ideas. Notions of courage, cowardice, and revenge course through Michael Garriga's flash fiction pieces, each one of which captures a duel's decisive moment from three distinct perspectives: opposing accounts from the individual duelists, followed by the third account of a witness. In razor-honed language, the voices of the duelists take center stage, training a spotlight on the litany of misguided beliefs and perceptions that lead individuals into such conflicts.<BR. |
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Print version record. |
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Short stories, American -- 21st century.
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Dueling -- Fiction.
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FICTION -- General.
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Dueling. (OCoLC)fst00899347
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Short stories, American. (OCoLC)fst01117064
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| Chronological Term |
2000-2099
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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| Added Author |
Kerr, Tynan.
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Prose works. Selections
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Garriga, Michael. Book of Duels. New York : Milkweed Editions, ©2014 9781571310934 |
| ISBN |
9781571318862 (electronic bk.) |
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1571318860 (electronic bk.) |
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