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Joy in Mudville

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"'A fast-moving and entertaining romp across country and through time." - Los Angeles Times"An absolutely joyful novel . . . wonderfully funny and uplifting. A mixture of fact and fantasy, fiction and frolic, this novel skips, jumps, and ultimately flies." - West Coast Review of Books"McAlpine is a gifted stylist, with clean, clear and muscular prose." - Publisher's WeeklyIt's 1932 and a new star has risen from the east, arching toward Los Angeles. A man, woman and child set off by rail from Chicago to follow the star.Along the way they'll meet figures from the pantheon of the American imagination – figures who make us the people we are today: Woody Guthrie, Clark Kent, Al Capone, Babe Ruth, the Wizard of Oz and the ghost of Abner Doubleday.And when the three find their fates, the stars that guide us all will be forever changed.


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Publisher: Gordon McAlpine

Kindle Book

  • Release date: May 23, 2014

OverDrive Read

  • Release date: May 23, 2014

PDF ebook

  • File size: 756 KB
  • Release date: May 23, 2014

Formats

Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
PDF ebook
Kindle restrictions

subjects

Fiction Literature

Languages

English

"'A fast-moving and entertaining romp across country and through time." - Los Angeles Times"An absolutely joyful novel . . . wonderfully funny and uplifting. A mixture of fact and fantasy, fiction and frolic, this novel skips, jumps, and ultimately flies." - West Coast Review of Books"McAlpine is a gifted stylist, with clean, clear and muscular prose." - Publisher's WeeklyIt's 1932 and a new star has risen from the east, arching toward Los Angeles. A man, woman and child set off by rail from Chicago to follow the star.Along the way they'll meet figures from the pantheon of the American imagination – figures who make us the people we are today: Woody Guthrie, Clark Kent, Al Capone, Babe Ruth, the Wizard of Oz and the ghost of Abner Doubleday.And when the three find their fates, the stars that guide us all will be forever changed.


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