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The Resource Longest Road., (electronic resource)
Longest Road., (electronic resource)
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The item Longest Road., (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Mid-Continent Public Library.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
Resource Information
The item Longest Road., (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Mid-Continent Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
- Summary
- The poignant and captivating story of one young woman's journey across America during the Dust Bowl years. After a violent dust storm leaves their mother dead and the family farm in ruins, twelve-year-old Laurie Field and her younger brother, Buddy, believe their world has ended when their grieving, debt-ridden father brings them to live with their reprobate grandfather in the Oklahoma Panhandle, promising to send for them when he finds one of those fabled jobs luring thousands to California. Abandoned and afraid, the children find hope in the songs taught them by Johnny Morrigan, an itinerant oil field worker who hitched a ride with the family on his way to Texas. Desperate to escape their brutal grandfather, Laurie and Buddy hop a train clanging west and become fall in with a hobo named Way after he saves them from a sinister tramp. In California, the children find only heartbreak, so they and Way set out for Texas in the hopes of reuniting with Johnny Morrigan. Like the fellow travelers they encounter on the roads and rails crisscrossing America, Laurie, Buddy, and Way take joy in simple pleasures such as a campfire meal, a starry night, and a song. They learn firsthand the kindness ordinary folk can show to those even poorer. At last, in lusty Texas oil field towns, they find work, Morrigan, and a deadly menace as Laurie grows from innocent girl to vibrant woman. A riveting story of hardship, adventure, and romance, The Longest Road pays glorious tribute to the men and women who kept the American dream alive during the Great Depression
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Isbn
- 9781504036320
- Label
- Longest Road.
- Title
- Longest Road.
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The poignant and captivating story of one young woman's journey across America during the Dust Bowl years. After a violent dust storm leaves their mother dead and the family farm in ruins, twelve-year-old Laurie Field and her younger brother, Buddy, believe their world has ended when their grieving, debt-ridden father brings them to live with their reprobate grandfather in the Oklahoma Panhandle, promising to send for them when he finds one of those fabled jobs luring thousands to California. Abandoned and afraid, the children find hope in the songs taught them by Johnny Morrigan, an itinerant oil field worker who hitched a ride with the family on his way to Texas. Desperate to escape their brutal grandfather, Laurie and Buddy hop a train clanging west and become fall in with a hobo named Way after he saves them from a sinister tramp. In California, the children find only heartbreak, so they and Way set out for Texas in the hopes of reuniting with Johnny Morrigan. Like the fellow travelers they encounter on the roads and rails crisscrossing America, Laurie, Buddy, and Way take joy in simple pleasures such as a campfire meal, a starry night, and a song. They learn firsthand the kindness ordinary folk can show to those even poorer. At last, in lusty Texas oil field towns, they find work, Morrigan, and a deadly menace as Laurie grows from innocent girl to vibrant woman. A riveting story of hardship, adventure, and romance, The Longest Road pays glorious tribute to the men and women who kept the American dream alive during the Great Depression
- Cataloging source
- IDEBK
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1930-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Williams, Jeanne
- Dewey number
- 813.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3573.I44933
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
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- LITERARY CRITICISM
- Depressions
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- Longest Road., (electronic resource)
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- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn948783241
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- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781504036320
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- computer
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- Specific material designation
- remote
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- 0DD501D9-B171-493D-A9B1-2D5FB91B6C22
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- (Sirsi) o948783241
- (OCoLC)948783241
- Label
- Longest Road., (electronic resource)
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- Carrier category
- online resource
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn948783241
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781504036320
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- 0DD501D9-B171-493D-A9B1-2D5FB91B6C22
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o948783241
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