Fort Wayne is Seventh on Hitler's List: Indiana StoriesUncommon and uncanny, hypnotic, multidimensional, realistic, often hilarious, these fifteen stories represent something new in American fiction. Martone calls them mixtures of fact and fiction, fame and obscurity, their sources the little stories people repeat without thinking and then turn into myth. |
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User Review - ryan.adams - LibraryThingInteresting collection of short stories that blend fact and fiction about various people / places in Indiana. Growing up here in the state, this compilation of stories really intrigued me. However, I ... Read full review
Fort Wayne is seventh on Hitler's list: Indiana stories
User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictA former resident of Fort Wayne, Indi ana, Martone (Briggs-Copeland lecturer in fiction, Harvard) offers reflective and humanist ideas that show modern writing at its best. Martone mixes fact with fic ... Read full review
Contents
Three Postcards from Indiana | 11 |
Pieces | 27 |
Whistlers Father | 45 |
Dear John | 62 |
Schiiemann in Indianapolis | 83 |
The Teak wood Deck of the U S S Indiana | 104 |
Fidel | 127 |
On Hoosier Hysteria | 135 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Fort Wayne is Seventh on Hitler's List: Indiana Stories A Midland book |
| Author | Michael Martone |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press, 1993 |
| ISBN | 0253208513, 9780253208514 |
| Length | 145 pages |
| Subjects | › Fiction / Short Stories (single author) |
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