TY - SER KW - rural communities KW - working class people AU - Eric Shade AB -

Eleven stories set in fictitious Windfall, Pennsylvania—a rural, working-class town in the Altoona area—and “follow strands of hope and nostalgia.”

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2000s

C3 - Blair County; Juniata Twp.; Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site; Muleshoe Bridge; Altoona; Mount Carmel Catholic Church; Hollidaysburg C4 - Literary CY - Athens LA - English M3 - Short Stories N2 -

Eleven stories set in fictitious Windfall, Pennsylvania—a rural, working-class town in the Altoona area—and “follow strands of hope and nostalgia.”

PB - University of Georgia Press PP - Athens PY - 2003 RN -

Eric Shade, born in Altoona, Blair County, has published stories in such journals as Indiana Review, Greensboro Review, and River Styx. A recipient of a James Michener Fellowship, he lives in Houston.

EP - 216 p. TI - Eyesores ER -