LEADER 02795nam 2200589 450 001 9910787112303321 005 20230126212451.0 010 $a0-8032-5665-5 010 $a0-8032-5664-7 035 $a(CKB)3710000000311237 035 $a(EBL)1882152 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001383098 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12618096 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001383098 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11476463 035 $a(PQKB)10155293 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1882152 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1882152 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10993819 035 $a(OCoLC)923710413 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000311237 100 $a20141219h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe melon capital of the world $ea memoir /$fBlake Allmendinger ; set in Bulmer by Lindsey Auten ; designed by N. Putens 210 1$aLincoln, Nebraska ;$aLondon, England :$cUniversity of Nebraska Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (200 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8032-5540-3 327 $a""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"" 330 $aIn 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 606 $aAdult children of divorced parents$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aBaby boom generation$zUnited States$vBiography 607 $aRocky Ford (Colo.)$vBiography 607 $aRocky Ford (Colo.)$xSocial life and customs$vAnecdotes 615 0$aAdult children of divorced parents 615 0$aBaby boom generation 676 $a978.8/95 700 $aAllmendinger$b Blake$01561978 702 $aAuten$b Lindsey 702 $aPutens$b N. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787112303321 996 $aThe melon capital of the world$93829174 997 $aUNINA