THE LORD'S OYSTERS

Erscheinungsjahr 1957
ISBN: 978-0-8018-1959-9
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 344 Seiten, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 203 mm, Gewicht: 419 g

Reihe: Maryland Paperback Bookshelf

Memories of the author's youth are incorporated in a novel about the boyhood escapades of Noah Marlin, the son of a Chesapeake Bay waterman.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Byron, Gilbert

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Prosa, Erzählung, Roman, Prosaautoren

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Prologue
1. Rose Mack and Miss Emma
2. A Breath of Fresh Air
3. Rags! Rags! Rags!
4. Come Dogwood Time
5. Frogs and Turtles and Puppy Dog Tails
6. Puss! Puss! Puss!
7. Mr. Greenley's Ghost
8. On the Lower Deck
9. The Hunter Is a Sissy
10. Birds of a Feather
11. To the Victor
12. the Birth of Hypochondria
13. Izzy Comes to Town
14. Vision of Miss Sally
15. Noah and Jonah
16. Catching the Devil
17. Mr. Lewy and the Age of Speed
18. Grandpappy's Foggy Day
19. Rip
20. The Christian Thing to Do
21. My Lewy Had Wings
22. The Prodigal Son
23. Cupid and the Little City Girl
24. Long Pants or a Mustache
25. Wig
26. The Passing of the River Rats
27. Batty: Wildnerness Scout
28. The Lord's Oysters

Über Autor(innen)

Byron, Gilbert
Gilbert Byron grew up on Maryland's Eastern Shore, a waterman's son like his young hero. A schoolteacher for twenty-eight years, he began writing full time in 1957 and was the author of eleven books. His beloved classic, The Lord's Oysters, is also available from Johns Hopkins.