Fool's Hill: a Kid's Life in an Oregon Coastal Town

by Quick, John

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Corvallis, Or.: Oregon State University Press, 1995. Very Good in Very Good jacket Very Good in Very Good jacket 9.4 x 6.3 x 1.1 inches. Signed by Author Condition very good in black cloth boards, DJ very good, clean tight, signed by author, ffp creased, stain on page edges. FROM THE PUBLISHER: Port Orford, Oregon, in the 1930s and 40's. Here a curious, blabbermouth boy learns more at the bottom of a ditch than in kindergarten and finds real home in a booth at Red's Bar holding hands with Dorothy, who he is never supposed to talk to. With a little help from his friends, young Johnny learns about life and death and sex and Indians. And, with his help, we remember what it is to be a kid. FROM THE CRITICS: Booknews-"The author, described as "Garrison Keillor with an attitude, " recounts tales from his boyhood in Port Orford, Oregon, in the 1930s and 1940s, in this humorous and nostalgic memoir of growing up in a small-town community. Includes b&w photos. No index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

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