02501nam 2200541Ia 450 991081105620332120200520144314.01-58729-059-6(CKB)111004365706758(EBL)836677(OCoLC)44961008(SSID)ssj0000194783(PQKBManifestationID)11183921(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000194783(PQKBWorkID)10241731(PQKB)10712913(MiAaPQ)EBC836677(EXLCZ)9911100436570675819951010d1996 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA lucky American childhood /by Paul Engle ; foreword by Albert E. Stone1st ed.Iowa City, Iowa University of Iowa Press19961 online resource (231 p.)Singular livesDescription based upon print version of record.0-87745-540-6 Contents; Foreword by Albert E. Stone; Dedication; Paul Engle: A Poem; Eva; Tom; The Drug Scene; News and the Boy; The Importance of Uncles; Hiawatha and My Aunt Bertha; The Glory of the Senses; The Horse and I; Those Damn Jews; Remember Memorial Day?; That Fabulous Old Fourth of July; Where the World Seems Right and Good - The Iowa State Fair; Our Dangerous Thanksgiving; Christmas Eve and My Mother's Hands; An Old-Fashioned ChristmasMore than any other individual, Paul Engle was the spirited force behind the creative writing workshops now so abundant in America. His indomitable nature, enthusiasm, and great persuasive powers, coupled with his distinguished reputation as a poet, loomed large behind the founding of the influential Iowa Writers' Workshop. A Lucky American Childhood will appeal to people with memories of the small-town America that Paul Engle describes with such affectionate realism and to all those interested in the roots of this renowned man of letters.Singular lives.Poets, American20th centuryBiographyCedar Rapids (Iowa)Social life and customsPoets, American811.52811/.52973.9092Engle Paul1908-1991.1755338MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811056203321A lucky American childhood4192077UNINA