@book{744, keywords = {Roman Catholics, Irish Americans, Polish Americans, Hungarian Americans, polka, police, Protestants, Jewish Americans}, author = {Lester Goran}, title = {Outlaws of the Purple Cow and Other Stories}, abstract = {Goran’s third collection of short stories set in Pittsburgh's Irish Club: the nickname of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, Local No. 9, in a second floor loft on Oakland Avenue. These stories revolve around the club, a sort of town hall and village green for the close-knit Irish-American community.}, year = {1999}, pages = {358 p.}, publisher = {Kent State University Press}, address = {Kent, OH}, note = {
Settings are referred to by their historical names as follows: Carlow University is Mt. Mercy College; Robert Morris University is Robert Morris College; Carnegie Mellon University is Carnegie Institute of Technology. Allegheny County Industrial and Training School for Boys is referred to as Thorn Hill Reformatory, as it was commonly known.
}, language = {English}, }