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UNINA9910460149903321 |
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Allmendinger Blake |
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Titolo |
The melon capital of the world : a memoir / / Blake Allmendinger ; set in Bulmer by Lindsey Auten ; designed by N. Putens |
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Lincoln, Nebraska ; ; London, England : , : University of Nebraska Press, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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ISBN |
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0-8032-5665-5 |
0-8032-5664-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (200 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Adult children of divorced parents - United States |
Baby boom generation - United States |
Electronic books. |
Rocky Ford (Colo.) Biography |
Rocky Ford (Colo.) Social life and customs Anecdotes |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""1. The Melon Capital of the World""; ""2. TJ Is a Wonderful Boy""; ""3. I Met a Traveler from an Antique Land""; ""4. Bad Day for a Black Brother""; ""5. Remember Me""; ""6. A Bump in the Road""; ""7. The Diary""; ""About Blake Allmendinger"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this psychologically gripping memoir, Blake Allmendinger returns to his childhood home after a forty-year absence. His homecoming to the struggling farming community of Rocky Ford, Colorado, formerly known as the Melon Capital of the World, forces the author to confront his own sad and disturbing history, one that parallels his hometown's decline. Allmendinger's family was dominated by his emotionally and mentally unstable mother, who became depressed while living in Rocky Ford as a young woman. For the rest of her life she abused the members of her family, creating tensions that remained |
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