02795nam 2200589 450 991078711230332120230126212451.00-8032-5665-50-8032-5664-7(CKB)3710000000311237(EBL)1882152(SSID)ssj0001383098(PQKBManifestationID)12618096(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001383098(PQKBWorkID)11476463(PQKB)10155293(MiAaPQ)EBC1882152(Au-PeEL)EBL1882152(CaPaEBR)ebr10993819(OCoLC)923710413(EXLCZ)99371000000031123720141219h20152015 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrThe melon capital of the world a memoir /Blake Allmendinger ; set in Bulmer by Lindsey Auten ; designed by N. PutensLincoln, Nebraska ;London, England :University of Nebraska Press,2015.©20151 online resource (200 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8032-5540-3 ""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""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 remainedAdult children of divorced parentsUnited StatesBiographyBaby boom generationUnited StatesBiographyRocky Ford (Colo.)BiographyRocky Ford (Colo.)Social life and customsAnecdotesAdult children of divorced parentsBaby boom generation978.8/95Allmendinger Blake1561978Auten LindseyPutens N.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787112303321The melon capital of the world3829174UNINA