MITCHELL, W. O.

According to Jake and the Kid Elbow Room; Gettin' Born; Jackrabbit Baby; Jake and the Medicine Man; King of All the Country; Well Well Well; Lo the Noble Redskin; the Man Who Came to Rummy; Mind over Madam; Old Fakers Never Die; Going to a Fire

Toronto, Ont: McClelland and Stewart, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0771060734. Burgundy hard covers with gilt titles to the spine. In Very Good++ condition, tight, bright & unmarked. Light tanning to the top cover edges. First Edition. The DJ is Very Good++ with light cover scuffing & edgewear. "Set in the forties and fifties, these stories take us back to a simpler, gentler world, the one we all like to think we grew up in. The Kid at the centre of the stories is a boy on a Saskatchewan farm “down Government Road from Crocus, which is on the CNR line between Tiger Lily and Conception. ” Jake is the hired hand who helps the Kid’s mother run the farm (and who played a huge role in Canadian history, what with capturing “Looie Riel” and all) , and who now keeps the Kid abreast of events in the greater world and in Crocus." ; 1.1 x 9.1 x 5.9 Inches; 280 pages. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 12532

Catalogue: Ficiton, Short Stories, Canada

Keywords: 0771060734 Canadian Author Saskatchewan Literary Fiction Canadiana Canada Humour & Satire Short Stories