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Shoemaker’s Children & Other Stories

Shoemaker’s Children & Other Stories

Shoemaker's Children & Other Stories

George V. Packard / George VPackard

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Editorial:
Lulu Press
Año de edición:
2013
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Ficción moderna y contemporánea
ISBN:
9781300524830

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A collection of short stories from George V. Packard.Seventeen short stories written over a fifty year span. Markers in time, like a slideshow of the author’s life.We see him transform from an innocent young man in rural Maine ('A Pilgrim Far in Sundry Lands'), to a disillusioned teacher at an exclusive American prep school ('Shoemaker’s Children'), to a witty humorist on a little island off the coast of Ireland ('A Rural Tale').

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