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Tuckahoe slidebottle / Neil McKinnon.
Van Pelt Library PR9199.3.M356 T9 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McKinnon, Neil, 1941-
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Short stories.
- Physical Description:
- 222 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Saskatoon : Thistledown Press, 2006.
- Summary:
- "What happens in the small prairie town of Tuckahoe?" An irresponsible drifter fakes a unique illness to break an engagement . . . A preacher stops a feud by performing an impromptu wedding . . . A minister_s wife rescues a young man from the threat of blindness . . . A woman scandalizes a town by naming her children after different fathers . . . A schoolteacher finds love on a woodpile . . . A wanted man starts a new life in a piano box . . . And a hen-pecked husband repairs his marriage by getting drunk and losing his money.
- Neil McKinnon_s debut collection kicks up some dust, skews small town hokum, and offers a wrap on the knuckles for the individuals of the classic prairie town of Tuckahoe. Thoughout the desperation and adversity rides an undercurrent of sly humour.
- ISBN:
- 1897235070 :
- OCLC:
- 70231901
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