Nordan, Lewis; Makov (design and illustration), Susan; Eddington (design and illustrator), PatrickBiblio.com
Nordan, Lewis, 1939-2012 ; design, Paul Camarello; illustration, Pol Turgeon; photo, Sally MaxsonBiblio.com
The sharpshooter blues : a novel
1995008696Chapel Hill N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 1995. 1995. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st ed.; 1st printing ; 291 pages ; 20 cm ; SIGNED by author on title page ; ISBN 9781565120839 1565120833 ; OCLC 32311883 ; LCCN 95015306 ; LOC No PS3564.O55 S53 1995 ; red and black cloth in pictorial dustjacket ; Who is singing the Sharpshooter Blues Is it Morgan the teenage trick-shot artist who stops by The William Tell grocery in Arrow Catcher Mississippi one day to show off some fancy moves Or is it Marshal Chisolm who enforces Law and Order Or is it one of the two lovely children who pick the wrong country store to rob Or is it maybe Hydro Raney a sweet simple boy who does the right thing and loses everything But the story asks a deeper question: Can the power of love hold up to the power of bullets Don't expect an easy answer for as one Arrow Catcher citizen puts it "You wouldn't want to hurt anybody but when you were singing the blues.sometimes there was just nothing as satisfying as shooting a gun inside a house.it relieved stress it cemented relationships strangers or partners in marriage.it cleared the air". The Sharpshooter Blues is in part an exuberant meditation on America's love affair with blue-steel barrels and snub-nose bullets and in part a heartbreaking look at the violence and loss that ensue when the guns come out to play one day in a small town. But most of all after the bullets have flown it's a story of love - between fathers and sons between husbands and wives between gay lovers and between longtime neighbors and friends. --Source: Publisher ; Lewis Nordan was born in Forest Mississippi on August 23 1939. He received a bachelor's degree from Millsaps College a master's degree from Mississippi State University and a Ph.D. from Auburn University. He taught at the University of Arkansas and elsewhere before joining the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh. He retired from there in 2005. His first book Welcome to the Arrow-Catcher Fair was published in 1983. His other works include Wolf Whistle Lightning Song Sugar among the Freaks and Boy with Loaded Gun. He died due to complications of pneumonia on April 13 2012 at the age of 72 ; FINE/FINE <br/> <br/> Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1995. hardcover
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