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Book SynopsisCovers the four elements: water, fire, earth, and air. Negotiating the no man's land between ages nine and thirteen, this memoir of a small-town boy's life in 1940s Kansas continues the story began in "This Death by Drowning". It reveals the lost, unforgettable world of a boy, and of a poet, coming of age in midcentury middle America.
Trade Review“A marvelous book, full of the intensity and grittiness of language drawn from rocky Kansas fields and from great literature. Kloefkorn’s voice provides a perspective unlike any other I’ve read, one that has had me reading out loud, saying, ‘Listen to this.’”—Peggy Shumaker, author of
Underground Rivers“A fun, interesting, and compelling read, combining the best of fiction writing with the intimacy and material of memoir.”—Dianne Nelson Oberhansly, author of
A Brief History of Male Nudes in America"As history both personal and communal, and as performance both written and oral, this book gives us [Kloefkorn] at his best."—David Pichaske,
Great Plains Quarterly“Imagine the renegade, 14-year old spirit of Huck Finn in the massive body of Merlin Olsen, gentlest of the giants who were the L.A. Rams’ legendary ‘Fearsome Foursome,’ and you’ve got Bill Kloefkorn. Or as close as you can get.”—Harold Hill,
Lincoln Journal StarTable of Contents[no TOC; 12 numbered chapters]
