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Mark Twain Made Me Do It and Other Plains Adventures

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Mark Twain Made Me Do It and Other Plains AdventuresMark Twain Made Me Do It and Other Plains Adventures is a collection of humorous essays portraying western Nebraska life and culture of the 1950s. Anecdotes on small town baseball and the polio epidemic of 1952 provide a historic backdrop to the story of a wide eyed boy exploring the limits of his universe. The adventures of a Twain inspired raft trip down the South Platte and Sputnik inspired homemade rockets mirror a society of seemingly settled

Mark Twain Made Me Do It and Other Plains Adventures is a collection of humorous essays portraying western Nebraska life and culture of the 1950s. Anecdotes on small-town baseball and the polio epidemic of 1952 provide a historic backdrop to the story of a wide-eyed boy exploring the limits of his universe. The adventures of a Twain-inspired raft trip down the South Platte and Sputnik-inspired homemade rockets mirror a society of seemingly settled lifestyles and frenzied technological advances. Family travels, holidays with Grandpa and Grandma, and marvelous creations like his sister's stories of Susabelle and the magic Band-Aids weave a splendid tale. But Jones's world is not one of sentimental nostalgia; running battles with town bullies, sobering encounters with religious buffoons, and an impressive collection of pedagogues specializing in violent corporal punishment capture the earthy essence of a world now largely disappeared.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Bison Books
Published: 03/01/1997
ISBN: 9780803275928
Pages: 210
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 8.42h x 5.49w x 0.53d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 02/24/1997 pg. 79
Library Journal 03/01/1997 pg. 76
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