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Bibliography Information:
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Collection:
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Adult Fiction |
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Call Number:
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F |
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Author:
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Watson, Larry |
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Title:
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As Good as Gone |
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Summary, etc. note:
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"Calvin Sidey is a cowboy of the old-school, no-guff sort--steely, hardened, with his own personal code. It's the 1960s, and he's living off the grid in a stifling trailer on the prairie when his adult son, Bill, seeks his help. A mostly absentee father, and a virtual no-show as a grandfather, Calvin nevertheless reluctantly agrees to stay with his grandchildren for a week. He decamps for his son's dark and musty basement, to the small town where he once was a mythic figure, and soon enough problems arise: a boy's attentions to seventeen-year-old Ann are increasingly aggressive, and a group of reckless kids portend danger for eleven-year-old Will. Calvin only knows one way to solve a problem: the Old West way, in which scores are settled, ultimatums are issued, and your gun is always loaded. In the changing culture of the 1960s, Calvin isn't just a relic, he's a wild card and a threat. With the crisp, restrained prose for which Larry Watson is revered, As Good As Gone is moving without being sentimental, a powerful story of a man increasingly at odds with the world. This is Larry Watson at his best."-- |
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International Standard Book Number:
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9781616205713 |
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Description conventions:
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rda |
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Authentication code:
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pcc |
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Geographic area code:
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n-us-mt |
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Classification number:
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PS3573.A853 |
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Item number:
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A93 2016 |
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Edition number:
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23 |
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Classification number:
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813/.54 |
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Dates associated with a name:
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1947- |
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Relator term:
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author. |
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Statement of responsibility, etc.:
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a novel by Larry Watson. |
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Edition statement:
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First edition. |
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Place of publication:
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New York ,NY |
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Name of publisher:
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Workman Publishing |
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Date of publication:
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2016 |
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Projected publication date:
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1606 |
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina : |
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Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, |
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2016. |
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Extent:
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341 pages |
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rdacontent |
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text |
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rdamedia |
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unmediated |
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rdacarrier |
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volume |
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Provided by publisher. |
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Source of acquisition:
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B&T |
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Purchase price:
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26.95 |
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Subject:
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Grandfathers |
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Subject:
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Grandparent and child |
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Subject:
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Dysfunctional families |
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Form subdivision:
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Fiction. |
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Form subdivision:
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Fiction. |
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Form subdivision:
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Fiction. |
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General subdivision:
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Family relationships |
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Geographic name:
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Montana |
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Form subdivision:
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Fiction. |
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acquire |
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1 shelf copy |
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policy default |
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CoCr |
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xk14 2015-09-23 to CIP |
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Kelly Policelli; phone: 919-913-3866; email: kellyp@algonquin.com; bc: kellyp@algonquin.com |
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CoCrCIP |
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2015-09-22 |
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