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Bay boy : stories of a childhood in Point Clear, Alabama / Watt Key ; illustrations by Murray Key ; foreword by John S. Sledge.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Key, Watt, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Key, Watt--Childhood and youth.
- Key, Watt.
- Key, Watt--Homes and haunts--Alabama.
- Authors, American--21st century--Biography.
- Authors, American.
- Point Clear (Ala.)--Biography.
- Point Clear (Ala.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 123 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- The University of Alabama Press 2019
- Tuscaloosa, Alabama : University of Alabama Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- A charming, humorous, and colorful coming-of-age memoir Bay Boy is a collection of essays by award-winning young adult author Watt Key, chronicling his boyhood in Point Clear, Alabama.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Foreword by John S. Sledge
- Introduction by the Author
- The New Old Point Clear
- Government Housing
- Arts and Crafts in Point Clear
- The Longest Day of the Year
- The Green Station Wagon
- Pets
- Hurricanes
- Joe
- Gone to Texas
- The Bird Nest
- Dirty Jobs
- The Grand Hotel
- The Jubilee
- Shrimping
- Dove Hunting
- The Necklace
- The Ghost of Zundel's Wharf-A Local Legend
- The Point Clear Library
- Point Clear Tennis Club
- Arrival
- Point Clear Towing
- First Cars
- Baseball
- The Runaway
- Into the Wild
- The Body
- I'llNeeda
- Mardi Gras
- The Perfect Pond
- A Night at Middle Bay Lighthouse
- Majors Creek
- Convicts
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8173-9263-7
- OCLC:
- 1119730401
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