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020 $a0803227361 (cl. : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aPS3561.L626$bT48 1997
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086 $aU5001 T636 -1997$2nbdocs
100 1 $aKloefkorn, William.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79119378
245 10 $aThis death by drowning /$cWilliam Kloefkorn.
260 $aLincoln :$bUniversity of Nebraska Press,$c[1997], ©1997.
300 $a155 pages ;$c21 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
520 $aThe author recalls the time when, at age six, he "came within one gulp of drowning" in a Kansas cow-pasture pond, only to be saved by his father. He recounts a younger brother's near death by drowning a few years later; still another piece envisions the cycle of drought and torrential rains on his grandparents' Kansas farm. There are fanciful memories of the Loup and other Nebraska rivers, interlaced with Mark Twain's renderings of the Mississippi and John Neihardt's poetic descriptions of the Missouri.
520 8 $aAnd there are stories of more recent times - a winter spent in a cabin on the Platte River, and an often amusing Caribbean cruise that Kloefkorn took with his wife. Throughout, Kloefkorn takes his memories for a walk, following each recollection into unexpected, fruitful byways. Along the way he pauses at larger themes - of nature, death, family, and renewal - that gradually gather irresistible force and authority.
852 00 $boff,glx$hPS3561.L626$iT48 1997