A long way from Chicago : a novel in stories

Author

Richard Peck

Call Number

• J LARGE TYPE PECK (CEN)

Publication Information

Thorndike, ME : Thorndike Press, 2001.

Physical Description

191 p. (large print) ; 22 cm.

Summary

A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than-life grandmother.

Notes

Sequel: A year down yonder.

Contents

• Prologue
• Shotgun Cheatham's last night above ground
• The mouse in the milk
• A one-woman crime wave
• The day of judgment
• The phantom brakeman
• Things with wings
• Centennial summer
• The troop train.