Research Catalog

Title

The boys' house : stories / by Jim Heynen ; introduction by Bill Holm.

Author

Heynen, Jim, 1940-

Publication

St. Paul, MN : Minnesota Historical Society Press, c2001.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Holm, Bill, 1943-
• Powers, Will.
• Schanilec, Gaylord.

Description

xvii, 187 p.; 19 cm.

Subjects

• Farm life > Fiction
• Boys > Fiction
• Iowa > Social life and customs > Fiction
• Typefaces (Type evidence) > Miller

Genre/Form

Typefaces (Type evidence) – Miller.

Note

• "Designed & set in type by Will Powers at the Minnesota Historical Society Press and ... printed by Maple-Vail Press. The typeface is Miller, designed by Matthew Carter"--Colophon.

Source (note)

• Gaylord Schanilec

Binding (note)

• Binding: Publisher's quarter blue cloth and blue paper boards. Issued in dust jacket illustrated with a reproduction of a wood engraving by Gaylord Schanilec.

Contents

That could have been you -- Hornets' nest -- Garden rabbits -- Stray cat in the garden -- Who had six toes -- Kickers -- Corn bin -- Boys go to ask a neighbor for some apples -- Alligator in the sandpit -- Who are those people anyhow? -- Moley -- Pet squirrel -- In which the librarian writes a letter to the editor -- Man who raised turkeys -- If the weather stayed nice -- Is Uncle Jack crazy? -- Rich man -- Unexpected blizzard -- Albino fox -- New Year's story -- Boys' work -- Who were poor and crazy -- Potato soup -- Winter chores - Coat sails -- Boys learn to use wire -- Big boots -- Chicken pox -- Robin's nest -- Who had good ears -- Parrot -- Have you ever seen a sad sparrow -- Uncle Jack and the ducks -- What the boys did about the lightning -- Boys learn about water -- Spitting Sally -- Rooster and hen secret -- Man who sharpened saws -- Great strength -- Who stole things -- Buttermilk pop -- Uncle Jack and the compass -- Go to the ant, thou sluggard -- Fewer cats now -- Sunday school -- Bad day -- Goose lady -- Man who kept cigars in his cap -- Who made her husband do all the work -- Strange smells in the night -- Ducks and bacon rind -- Spotty -- Uncle Jack's riddle -- Blind pony -- Old turtle -- Big push -- Injured fawn -- Flamethrower -- Ground squirrels -- Old policeman -- Boys learn by watching -- Old boar and the pigs -- Death death death -- Uncle Jack and the beautiful schoolteacher -- Boys' house.

Call Number

JFC 02-2053

ISBN

0873514130

LCCN

2002265265

OCLC

47856475

Author

Heynen, Jim, 1940-

Title

The boys' house : stories / by Jim Heynen ; introduction by Bill Holm.

Imprint

St. Paul, MN : Minnesota Historical Society Press, c2001.

Binding

Binding: Publisher's quarter blue cloth and blue paper boards. Issued in dust jacket illustrated with a reproduction of a wood engraving by Gaylord Schanilec.

Local Note

Copy in *KL: Gift of Gaylord Schanilec; his signed presentation card laid in. With the dust jacket.

Added Author

Holm, Bill, 1943-

Powers, Will. Book designer. Compositor

Schanilec, Gaylord. Illustrator

Research Call Number

JFC 02-2053

*KL 05-301