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Headlights on the Prairie : Essays on Home /

"In his third book, Robert Rebein pulls together a unified collection of narrative essays set largely on the high plains of western Kansas. He introduces readers to a world of feedlot cowboys, stock car drivers, and young boys dreaming of basketball glory, while also providing glimpses into a d...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Rebein, Robert, 1964- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2017]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"In his third book, Robert Rebein pulls together a unified collection of narrative essays set largely on the high plains of western Kansas. He introduces readers to a world of feedlot cowboys, stock car drivers, and young boys dreaming of basketball glory, while also providing glimpses into a darker side: damaged young men returning home from war, long-haul truckers addicted to crystal meth, the sadly heroic residents of a nursing home bearing the euphemistic name Manor of the Plains. Each chapter tells its own story, while each story advances the overarching narrative of a native son growing up in, leaving, and ultimately returning to the place that formed him as a writer and a person"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (184 pages).
ISBN:9780700624720