Research Catalog

Title

The boy's house / stories by Jim Heynen ; introduction by Bill Holm.

Author

Heynen, Jim, 1940-

Publication

St. Paul, MN : Minnesota Historical Society Press, [2001], ©2001.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Holm, Bill, 1943-2009.
• Minnesota Historical Society. Press.

Description

xvii, 187 pages; 19 cm

Subjects

• Short stories
• Country life > Iowa > Fiction

Genre/Form

Short stories.

Contents

• Introduction / Bill Holm -- That Could Have Been You -- The Hornets' Nest -- Garden Rabbits -- The Stray Cat in the Garden -- Who Had Six Toes -- Kickers -- The Corn Bin -- The Boys Go to Ask a Neighbor for Some Apples -- An Alligator in the Sandpit -- Who Are Those People Anyhow? -- Moley -- The Pet Squirrel -- In Which the Librarian Writes a Letter to the Editor -- The Man Who Raised Turkeys -- If the Weather Stayed Nice -- Is Uncle Jack Crazy? -- The Rich Man -- An Unexpected Blizzard -- The Albino Fox -- A New Year's Story -- Boys' Work -- Who Were Poor and Crazy -- Potato Soup -- Winter Chores -- Coat Sails -- The Boys Learn to Use Wire -- Big Boots -- Chicken Pox -- The Robin's Nest -- Who Had Good Ears -- The Parrot -- Have You Ever Seen a Sad Sparrow -- Uncle Jack and the Ducks -- What the Boys Did about the Lightning -- The Boys Learn about Water -- Spitting Sally -- The Rooster and Hen Secret -- The Man Who Sharpened Saws -- The Great Strength --
• Who Stole Things -- Buttermilk Pop -- Uncle Jack and the Compass -- Go to the Ant, Thou Sluggard -- Fewer Cats Now -- Sunday School -- The Bad Day -- The Goose Lady -- The 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 -- The Blind Pony -- The Old Turtle -- The Big Push -- The Injured Fawn -- The Flamethrower -- Ground Squirrels -- The Old Policeman -- The Boys Learn by Watching -- The Older Boar and the Pigs -- Death Death Death -- Uncle Jack and the Beautiful Schoolteacher -- The Boys' House.

ISBN

0873514130

OCLC

• ocm47856475
• SCSB-4176216

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries