| Description |
1 online resource (183 pages) |
| Contents |
Copyright; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Contents; World of Trouble; My Pink Tombstone; Methamphetamine for Dummies; Conspiracy and Apocalypse at the McDonald's in Goodland, Kansas; Advice to William Somebody; 501 Minutes to Christ; God's Day; Realism; Blessed Meadows for Minor Poets; Wide-Eyed in the Gaudy Shop; The Irving. |
| Summary |
DUE OUT SEPTEMBER 2007, POE BALLANTINE'S second collection of personal essays follows in the tradition of Things I Like About America. Stories range from "The Irving," which details Mr. Ballantine's diabolical plan to punch John Irving in the nose after opening for him before an audience of 2,000 people that launched the literary festival, Wordstock; to "Wide-Eyed in the Gaudy Shop," which tells how, in Mexico, the narrator met and later married his wife, Cristina; to "Blessed Meadows for Minor Poets," the devastating tale of how after years of sacrifice and persi. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Ballantine, Poe, 1955- -- Travel -- United States.
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Ballantine, Poe, 1955- (OCoLC)fst00478098
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National characteristics, American.
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United States -- Social life and customs -- 1971-
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Literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
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National characteristics, American. (OCoLC)fst01033342
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Travel. (OCoLC)fst01155558
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
Since 1971
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ballantine, Poe. 501 Minutes to Christ : Personal Essays. New York : Hawthorne Books, ©2011 9780976631194 |
| ISBN |
9780983304968 (electronic bk.) |
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0983304963 (electronic bk.) |
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