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BL
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Record Number
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1043876
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b798246
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Main Entry
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Garrett, George,1929-2008.
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Title & Author
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Empty bed blues /\ George Garrett.
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Publication Statement
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Columbia :: University of Missouri Press,, ©2006.
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Page. NO
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1 online resource (179 pages) :: illustrations
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ISBN
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0826265235
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: 9780826265234
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0826216307
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9780826216304
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Contents
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Prologue : Independence day -- Feeling good, feeling fine -- A story goes with it -- A short history of the Civil War -- The misery and the glory of Texas Pete -- Tanks -- Empty bed blues -- Ghost me what's holy now -- Spilling the beans : A letter to Linda Evangelista -- Pornographers -- With my body, I thee worship -- Heroes -- A perfect stranger -- Gator bait -- Epilogue : My life as a home movie.
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Abstract
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"Garrett 's eighth collection of short fiction includes fifteen stories that blend fact and fiction, comedy and pathos, and the voices of diverse characters while focusing on the themes of love and death as well as the complexities of human relations"--Provided by publisher.
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Subject
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Garrett, George,1929-2008.
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Garrett, George,1929-2008.
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Subject
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Short stories.
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BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Literary.
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Subject
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- General.
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Subject
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Short stories.
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Dewey Classification
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813/.54
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LC Classification
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PS3557.A72E46 2006eb
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