Incident at Thompson Slough: A Poem in 9 Parts Where the Best Intentions Unravel
Title
Incident at Thompson Slough: A Poem in 9 Parts Where the Best Intentions Unravel
Subject
English, Creative Writing
Description
"Subtitle from publisher's website. Publishers website lists pagination as 28 pages. ""Commissioned by the Salt Lake Acting Company, & performed during the 2002 Winter Olympics""--T.p. verso. Octabo. Single-signature, sewn into purple wraps and with an illustrated light blue dust jacket printed in colors. Woodcuts by the publisher, Paul Hunter. ""Text handset in Italian Old Style, with titling in Goudy Bold; run on Mohawk Superfine through a 1904 C&P 8x12 treadle press, softbound in Canson Mi-Teintes papers, with maple woodcuts, & hardbound labels of Larroque paper, budding into the timely exuberance of spring.""--Colophon
Incident is a snapshot of a small town on a rather extraordinary afternoon. It begins innocently enough with an old man, Ollie McDougald, who finds his car will not start on S&H Green Stamps day. His nephew-by-marriage convinces him to ride his bicycle to the grocery store.--P. 37, ""Flying Pontiacs, miracle cures, killer chihuahuas, and land barons: David Lee's small town epics and elegies"" / by Professor Neil Harrison"
Incident is a snapshot of a small town on a rather extraordinary afternoon. It begins innocently enough with an old man, Ollie McDougald, who finds his car will not start on S&H Green Stamps day. His nephew-by-marriage convinces him to ride his bicycle to the grocery store.--P. 37, ""Flying Pontiacs, miracle cures, killer chihuahuas, and land barons: David Lee's small town epics and elegies"" / by Professor Neil Harrison"
Creator
Lee, David
Publisher
Wood Works
Date
2002
Format
"[24] p.: ill.; 19 cm.
Denison's copy is no. 141 of 506 copies."
Denison's copy is no. 141 of 506 copies."
Language
English
Barcode
35108007112519
Location and Call Number
DEN Spec Coll N7433.4.L44 .I53 2002
Library catalog URL
Collection
Citation
Lee, David, “Incident at Thompson Slough: A Poem in 9 Parts Where the Best Intentions Unravel,” Digital Exhibits | Denison University Archives & Special Collections, accessed October 22, 2024, https://exhibits.denisonarchives.org/items/show/191.