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A lucky American childhood / by Paul Engle ; foreword by Albert E. Stone.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Engle, Paul, 1908-1991.
- Series:
- Singular lives.
- Singular lives
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poets, American--20th century--Biography.
- Poets, American.
- Cedar Rapids (Iowa)--Social life and customs.
- Cedar Rapids (Iowa).
- Engle, Paul, 1908-1991--Childhood and youth.
- Engle, Paul.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (231 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Iowa City, Iowa : University of Iowa Press, 1996.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- More than any other individual, Paul Engle was the spirited force behind the creative writing workshops now so abundant in America. His indomitable nature, enthusiasm, and great persuasive powers, coupled with his distinguished reputation as a poet, loomed large behind the founding of the influential Iowa Writers' Workshop. A Lucky American Childhood will appeal to people with memories of the small-town America that Paul Engle describes with such affectionate realism and to all those interested in the roots of this renowned man of letters.
- Contents:
- Contents; Foreword by Albert E. Stone; Dedication; Paul Engle: A Poem; Eva; Tom; The Drug Scene; News and the Boy; The Importance of Uncles; Hiawatha and My Aunt Bertha; The Glory of the Senses; The Horse and I; Those Damn Jews; Remember Memorial Day?; That Fabulous Old Fourth of July; Where the World Seems Right and Good - The Iowa State Fair; Our Dangerous Thanksgiving; Christmas Eve and My Mother's Hands; An Old-Fashioned Christmas
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 9781587290596
- 1587290596
- OCLC:
- 44961008
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