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Hicks, Tribes, and Dirty Realists

American Fiction after Postmodernism

By: Robert Rebein

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Hicks, Tribes, and Dirty Realists

American Fiction after Postmodernism

By: Robert Rebein

Robert Rebein argues that much literary fiction of the 1980s and 90s represents a triumphant, if tortured, return to questions about place and the individual that inspired the works of Hawthorne, Melville, Twain, Faulkner, and other giants of American literature. Concentrating on the realist bent and regional orientation in contemporary fiction, he discusses in detail the various names by which this fiction has been described, including literary postmodernism, minimalism, Hick Chic, Dirty Realism, ecofeminism, and more. Rebein's clearly written, nuanced interpretations of works by Raymond Carver, Cormac McCarthy, Don DeLillo, Louise Erdrich, Dorothy Allison, Barbara Kingsolver, E. Annie Proulx, Chris Offut, and others, will appeal to a wide range of readers.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813149975

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9780813149974

Dragging Wyatt Earp

A Personal History of Dodge City

By: Robert Rebein

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Dragging Wyatt Earp

A Personal History of Dodge City

By: Robert Rebein

In Dragging Wyatt Earp essayist Robert Rebein explores what it means to grow up in, leave, and ultimately return to the iconic Western town of Dodge City, Kansas. In chapters ranging from memoir to reportage to revisionist history, Rebein contrasts his hometown’s Old West heritage with a New West reality that includes salvage yards, beefpacking plants, and bored teenagers cruising up and down Wyatt Earp Boulevard. Along the way, Rebein covers a vast expanse of place and time and revisits a number of Western myths, including those surrounding Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, the Cheyenne chief Black Kettle, George Armstrong Custer, and of course Wyatt Earp himself. Rebein rides a bronc in a rodeo, spends a day as a pen rider at a local feedlot, and attempts to “buck the tiger” at Dodge City’s new Boot Hill Casino and Resort. Funny and incisive, Dragging Wyatt Earp is an exciting new entry in what is sometimes called the nonfiction of place. It is a must- read for anyone interested in Western history, contemporary memoir, or the collision of Old and New West on the High Plains of Kansas.

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Ohio University Press

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0804040524

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9780804040525

Hicks, Tribes, and Dirty Realists

American Fiction after Postmodernism

By: Robert Rebein

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American Fiction after Postmodernism

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813184592

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9780813184593

Headlights on the Prairie

Essays on Home

By: Robert Rebein

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Headlights on the Prairie

Essays on Home

By: Robert Rebein

At the long-term care facility where Robert Rebein’s father lands after a horrific car crash, a shadow box hangs next to each room, its contents suggesting something of the occupant’s life. In Headlights on the Prairie, Rebein has created a literary shadow box of sorts, a book in which moments of singular grace and grit encapsulate a life and a world. In the tradition of memoirs such as Tobias Wolff's This Boy's Life and Ivan Doig's This House of Sky, these essays bring a storyteller's gifts to life's dramas, large and small. Following his award-winning turn on his hometown of Dodge City, Rebein takes us back to the high plains world where his family has farmed and ranched since the 1920s. It is a world populated by feedlot cowboys, stock-car drivers, and farm kids dreaming of basketball glory. Here too we find the darker tales of damaged young men returning from war, long-haul truckers addicted to crystal meth, and the sadly heroic residents of a small-town nursing home grandiloquently named Manor of the Plains. Whether contemplating a fiery crash at a race track, coming to terms with an aging parent, or navigating the last days of a beloved family dog, Rebein offers a subtle, unsparing, often moving look at the moments that go into making a writer and a man. Seen in sharp detail, and recalled from a distance, his is a story of how a man can leave his home on the prairie—and yet never really get out of Dodge.

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182

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University Press of Kansas

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0700624716

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9780700624713

American Literary Minimalism

By: Robert C. Clark

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American Literary Minimalism

By: Robert C. Clark

Many of the authors Robert Clark discusses have yet to be recognized for their individual contributions to the emergence and continuing vitality of the movement. School of Images is organized based on chronology and lines of influence. In the introduction, Clark offers a definition of the mode and then describes its early stages. He then explores six works that reflect the core characteristics of the mode: Ernest Hemingway's In Our Time, Raymond Carver's Cathedral, Susan Minot's Monkeys, Jay McInerney's Bright Lights, Big City, Sandra Cisneros's Caramelo, and Cormac McCarthy's The Road. In the conclusion, he discusses contemporary authors and filmmakers whose work represents the ongoing evolution of the category"-- Provided by publisher.

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University of Alabama Press

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0817318275

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9780817318277

Dragging Wyatt Earp

A Personal History of Dodge City

By: Robert Rebein

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A Personal History of Dodge City

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Ohio University Press

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0804040524

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The Encyclopedia of Old Fishing Lures

Made in North America

By: Robert A. Slade

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The Encyclopedia of Old Fishing Lures

Made in North America

By: Robert A. Slade

Robert A. Slade, after collecting old fishing tackle since 1958 and contributing articles on old fishing lures for a collector magazine for several years started researching and writing books in the 1990's. He published the HISTORY & COLLECTIBLE FISHING TACKLE OF WISCONSIN in 1999 which sold 4,500 copies. Bob realized that even though there have been many books published on the subject of old fishing lures that few books covered any detailed history on the old lure makers. His latest book writing project was nine years in the making and covers over 100 years of lure making history starting in 1875 and covers over 2,500 lures makers throughout all of North America. THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OLD FISHING LURES MADE IN NORTH AMERICA is the first publication with extensive history and patent information on old lure makers and the first to include extensive coverage on Canadian lure makers. The author traveled to 11 states and 3 Candian Providences visting collectors homes, newspaper archives, museums and other sources and has taken over 10,000 pictures in preparing the historical stories for these books. The set of books arranges for the individual and company lures makers to appear in alphabetical order. People purchasing these books can buy any one single book, a whole set, or even a book a month if they desire as the books will be printed and shipped on demand. Each book has over 400 pages of text, pictures and collector values with each book containing a table of contents and index as well as a master index for the complete set of books.

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Trafford Publishing

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142515249X

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9781425152499

Headlights on the Prairie

Essays on Home

By: Robert Rebein

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Essays on Home

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University Press of Kansas

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0700624716

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9780700624713

The Writings of Robert Harrison and Robert Browne

By: Robert Harrison

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The Writings of Robert Harrison and Robert Browne

By: Robert Harrison

Robert Harrison and Robert Browne were the initiators of the principles of English Separatism and Congregationalism. The ideas of these two men profoundly influenced the Puritan movement both of England and America.

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578

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Psychology Press

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0415319900

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9780415319904

Select Works of Robert Rollock

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By: Robert Rollock

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By: Robert Rollock

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1601780362

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Book's by Robert Rebein

Hicks, Tribes, and Dirty Realists

Hicks, Tribes, and Dirty Realists

Dragging Wyatt Earp

Dragging Wyatt Earp

Hicks, Tribes, and Dirty Realists

Hicks, Tribes, and Dirty Realists

Headlights on the Prairie

Headlights on the Prairie

American Literary Minimalism

American Literary Minimalism

Dragging Wyatt Earp

Dragging Wyatt Earp

The Encyclopedia of Old Fishing Lures

The Encyclopedia of Old Fishing Lures

Headlights on the Prairie

Headlights on the Prairie

The Writings of Robert Harrison and Robert Browne

The Writings of Robert Harrison and Robert Browne

Select Works of Robert Rollock

Select Works of Robert Rollock

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