On a dusty spring morning in the middle of the Great Depression, a hungry drifter named Chester dropped from a boxcar and ran smack into the Wilson family, who hired him to slop their hogs and proceeded to turn him into their private buffoon. Chester was full of big ideas about his dignity, and before long he ached with love for the Wilson's pretty young cousin, Miss Lindy. But the family had no intention of letting him marry among them; they figured God had put this crazy-faced, bedraggled clown on earth for their ...
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On a dusty spring morning in the middle of the Great Depression, a hungry drifter named Chester dropped from a boxcar and ran smack into the Wilson family, who hired him to slop their hogs and proceeded to turn him into their private buffoon. Chester was full of big ideas about his dignity, and before long he ached with love for the Wilson's pretty young cousin, Miss Lindy. But the family had no intention of letting him marry among them; they figured God had put this crazy-faced, bedraggled clown on earth for their amusement, and every time he tried to rise they stuck a thumb in his eye. This uproarious novel, full of slapstick and cunning tricks, breathes new life into American folklore traditions, evoking the voices of Midwestern yarnspinners from fifty years ago.
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Add this copy of Chester's Last Stand to cart. $3.95, very good condition, Sold by Books of Paradise rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Magalia, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1988 by Univ. of NV Press.
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Very good. A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.
Add this copy of Chester's Last Stand to cart. $5.00, like new condition, Sold by Abacus Bookshop rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pittsford, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1988 by University of Nevada Press.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Blue cloth with silver lettering to spine. 194 pp. Inscribed by the author. A clean, attractive copy. "An unconventional, highly inventive tale unfolds in this first novel set in rural midwest America in the 1930s, the Depression years."-PW.
Add this copy of Chester's Last Stand: a Novel to cart. $50.00, very good condition, Sold by Alan Wofsy Fine Arts rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from San Francisco, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1988 by Reno, Nev. : University of Nevada Press, 1988.
