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050 00 $aPS3573.E17$bF68 1997
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100 1 $aWeaver, Gordon.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80038246
245 10 $aFour decades :$bnew and selected stories /$cGordon Weaver.
260 $aColumbia :$bUniversity of Missouri Press,$c1997.
263 $a9706
300 $a191 pages :$bportrait ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
505 00 $tWhen Times Sit In --$tHaskell Hooked on the Northern Cheyenne --$tWouldn't I? --$tGetting Serious --$tHog's Heart --$tAh Art! Oh Life! --$tThe Good Man of Stillwater, Oklahoma --$tWhiskey, Whiskey, Gin, Gin, Gin --$tThe Parts of Speech --$tMadness --$tReturn of the Boyceville Flash --$tSaint Philomena, Pray for Us.
520 $aBeginning with his first published story, "When Times Sit In," vivid, authentic characters enliven this collection. "Getting Serious" follows the life of a man who spends his summers in upstate Wisconsin, goes off to war and college, and then gets married.
520 8 $aAfter losing his job and family, he retreats to his summer home to take inventory: "My wife and I never talked about our failing marriage, because it was too serious and depressing a topic and because, I suppose, we thought our failure would heal itself if we left it undisturbed long enough.".
520 8 $aSelected as a Best American Short Story in 1980, "Hog's Heart" is the poignant tale of a celebrated college football coach who, without medical evidence, is convinced he is dying. Keenly aware of his fragile state, Hog sees each day as possibly his last. Ironically, when Hog feels his team has the momentum to finally upset the legendary Crimson Tide of Alabama, death presents itself.
520 8 $aThe title character, Pease, in "The Good Man of Stillwater, Oklahoma," believes something is coming but that he is the only one in town who can feel it. The long rains, the toad on his doorstep, swarms of locusts, drought, and nits are all signs that "It" is happening. "I cannot sleep because it is happening, and I begin to think I understand why. This should make me very afraid, but I tell myself I am a good man, no harm will come to me." His obsession ultimately costs him his job and his family.
520 8 $aThree previously uncollected stories continue Weaver's theme of loss: of a friend to mental illness, of a successful life, of a student in a traffic accident.
651 0 $aUnited States$xSocial life and customs$y20th century$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100002
852 00 $boff,glx$hPS3573.E17$iF68 1997