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Language: English
Published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 2013
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Village Books and Music, Medford, OR, U.S.A.Village Books and Music
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8" tall softcover. Minor scratching and general shelf wear to cover. Pages are tight; clean/unmarked. 414 pages. Book may not have been read. Close to NEW condition.
Language: English
Published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 2011
- Softcover
Seller: The Oregon Room - Well described books!, Phoenix, OR, U.S.A.The Oregon Room - Well described books!
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Paperback. Condition: Like New. Signed & inscribed by author to previous owner on title page, 2011 trade softbound, clean & tight, no other markings found, not a remainder, a nice copy.
Language: English
Published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform 2013
- Softcover
Seller: CitiRetail, Stevenage, United KingdomCitiRetail
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. CHASING CRINOLINES In this fictionalized memoir, an adult male returning to the golden fields of his adolescence expects to see reminders of long ago transgressions, particularly those bordering on outright stupidity. Worse, he chances meeting someone still able to identify the perpetrator o…f those deeds. Risking potential embarrassment I went back anyway, only to find Flag City had shriveled like the art exhibited in a headhunter's hut. Little remained of the energetic theater in which a production company known as "The Class of '55" had a four-year run. Charlie's house was a boarded-up derelict. Weeds covered the lot where Herb's Gas Station once thrived, and add-ons had converted the once dignified brick school house into a spill of pastel-shaded alphabet blocks. There were other signs of attempted progress. A water tower loomed overhead, a red-headed robot with one foot planted where Calhoun's Funeral Home had dignified death in a chapel paneled with knotty-pine. Shade trees, removed to facilitate the installation of water lines and sewers, left the streets looking nude and bony. I missed the trees. And, I missed my friends. I halted my car near the school and wondered what memories my former classmates have of Flag City and the life we shared. Unfortunately, like me, most live far away and are too busy trying to "get ahead" to have time for dreaming about the past. Charlie, for one example, sold his patent for a humane animal trap, then moved to Denver where he invented the lettuce shredder sold on late-night TV. His on-going battles with the IRS receive frequent coverage on CNN. Tommy and Terry, infamous for squabbling over the keys to their Ford, went to California where they attend "OSC," Bay Area terminology for Oakland Sanitation Company employment. No doubt they are squabbling still, but now it's about keys to a garbage truck. Roxy resides nearby and must remember at least one of our double dates-that awful night in the cemetery-but, did she ever learn to French kiss? I took lessons in college, but she married a preacher of some fundamental persuasion for whom kissing in any language may be a sin. Robby has not been "stateside" in years. The last I'd heard he was in business with his cousin, Barlow, and head-quartered in the Philippines. Their firm wholesales pre-owned military equipment to third world countries. Certainly, Harold and Marietta have not forgotten the night they ruled as senior class king and queen, or their elevated tryst on a pyramid of whitewashed hay. Unless they leaked it, that secret remains known only to the three of us. They now have a raft of kids and a horse ranch somewhere near Chugwater, Wyoming, which leads me to suppose their love life still rests on a cornerstone of alfalfa. I inched the car ahead for a better look at where the senior class challenged Mr. Meers. The move also gave me a better view of the gym-another bleak reminder of times good, bad, and ugly. The memory of Charlie's rats brought a shudder, for they almost ended my formal education in a most unseemly fashion. As it turned out, I completed my four years at Flag City High without missing a single day. The accolades received for that accomplishment weakened my armor of invincible masculinity, but unlike Achilles, I weathered that battle. Afterward, four years in college led to my long career as a sports reporter for a West Coast newspaper. The "Trib" recently honored me with a plaque for perfect attendance. It lives in the bottom drawer of my desk. Now, as I stared across the wide lawn at my old school, a wealth of memories flashed across my mental view-screen like a Pathe news-clip of life in the '50's. The lime-green Harley. Union Ridge Cemetery. The Centurians' cannon. Visions of my youthful idiocies danced through my head. The more I remembered, the more I wondered. Gosh a'mighty, Genghis! How did F Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
Language: English
Published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform 2012
- Softcover
- Print on Demand
Seller: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, , United KingdomTHE SAINT BOOKSTORE
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Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.
Language: English
Published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform 2013
- Softcover
- Print on Demand
Seller: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, , United KingdomTHE SAINT BOOKSTORE
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Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.
Language: English
Published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform 2011
- Softcover
- Print on Demand
Seller: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, , United KingdomTHE SAINT BOOKSTORE
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Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.
Language: English
Published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform 2012
- Softcover
- Print on Demand
Seller: CitiRetail, Stevenage, United KingdomCitiRetail
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Billy, now an adult with kids of his own, remembers the mistakes and mishaps of his "Forties" childhood. Some, such as an excess intake of pumpkin pie, were his fault, whereas his classmates shared the blame for using pigs to simulate a cattle stampede. This was also true in the case of the…infamous marble heist. "Skunk," son of the town's one-eyed barber, is the one responsible for the runaway steam tractor, but it's Eddie, Billy's brother who stage-manages a close encounter with a skunk. Yet, those traumas pale before the occasion when Billy's poorly worded compliment results in a head-rattling slap from a bejeweled Delilah. Worse is the evening when he meets his deceased grandfather literally face to face. Billy's story is a reminder that growing up really is hard to do. And, every man who reads this book will remember his own mistakes while feminine sympathies will go to mothers and teachers of boys. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
Language: English
Published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform 2011
- Softcover
- Print on Demand
Seller: CitiRetail, Stevenage, United KingdomCitiRetail
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: New
£ 23.99
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. When "Chief" Whitehorse musters out of the Navy, he buys a vessel suited for sport-fishing and whale watching charters. In memory of a Dear John letter writer, he names the boat "Squaw." After money needs lead Whitehorse into "running" marijuana for a drug cartel, the cartel's boss, Ramon No…rbierto, sends him to sea with a load of dirty cash and instructions to make a mid-ocean rendezvous with another vessel. Things go horribly wrong. Whitehorse abandons his boat and the cartel's cash. Certain that Norbierto will blame him for the money loss Whitehorse flees. Eventually he makes his way back to the west coast and settles in the town of Brookings, Oregon. There, with the able assistance of a cadre of new friends, Marvella Hooker, Arvin Fogle, and Jane Boxer, he sets up a scam that will free him from further threats. His plans incorporate the drug-dispensing skills of a leftover hippie from the Age of Aquarius, alerts mailed to a regional drug taskforce, and a banker convinced by Marvella that his firm will handle the accounts of a soon to be constructed Indian casino. Add in a murderous cartel hit-man, an obstreperous goat, and the result is a biblical flood of mishaps that culminate in a romantic, Blazing Saddles finale. Reviewer's comments: "CASH SCOW is a page-turner populated with inept villains, dodgy heroes and a couple of very competent women to sort things out. The reluctant hero, Chief Whitehorse wanders off the Will Rogers reservation and into a Donald Westlake world where oddly believable characters find themselves coping with circumstances that can only be described as bizarre. Showalter keeps them all off balance and the fun of it is in the telling. Showalter's wry humor permeates the story. Laughs and adventure; a winning combination!" David Sundstrand, author: SHADOWS OF DEATH "CASH SCOW will tickle your funny bone with everything from irony to slapstick. And warm your heart along the way." Sharon Heisel, author: Precious Gold, Precious Jade, (2000 Western Heritage Award) Cover by: Kim Faucher This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
