| The Lone Surfer of Montana, Kansas: Stories Contributor(s): Rothbart, Davy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0743263057 ISBN-13: 9780743263054 Publisher: Touchstone Books OUR PRICE: $12.34 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2005 Annotation: A debut story collection by the author of the national bestseller "Found" (and the creator of the acclaimed magazine of the same name), about loners, misfits, law trouble, and road trips. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2005048652 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (0.40 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Heartland - Cultural Region - Upper Midwest - Geographic Orientation - Kansas - Geographic Orientation - Montana - Cultural Region - Pacific Northwest - Cultural Region - Western U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In The Lone Surfer of Montana, Kansas, Davy Rothbart's stories grow out of road trips and small towns and are populated by questionable heroes and gold-hearted thugs. Full of loneliness and hope, heartbreak and humor, Rothbart's tales blaze their way from midwestern farm fields to state prisons and border-town brothels. Much like the lost, tossed, and forgotten items Rothbart collected in his acclaimed book, Found, the stories in The Lone Surfer of Montana, Kansas capture the oddity, poetry, and dignity of everyday lif |
Contributor Bio(s): Rothbart, Davy: - Davy Rothbart is the author of the national bestseller Found, and creator of the magazine of the same name. A contributor to public radio's This American Life, he is also the author of the story collection The Lone Surfer of Montana, Kansas. He lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. |