God's Helicopter

Year of Publication
1983
Publication Type
Novel
Number of Pages or Episodes
175 p.
Language
English
Author
Author: Lee Gutkind
Publisher
Slow Loris Press
City
Pittsburgh
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Abstract
Willie Heinemann, Shepard “Rip” Silver, and Ronald Middlebaum form a trio of sixth grade Jewish boys who honor Pittsburgh Pirates star Ralph Kiner by building a clubhouse called “the dugout” under the Beechwood Boulevard Bridge.
Author Biography
Vanity Fair nicknamed Lee Gutkind (1945— ) “the Godfather” of the creative nonfiction movement. He has written more than a dozen works of nonfiction prose, taught the genre for many years in the University of Pittsburgh Writing Program, and he is the founder and editor of the journal Creative Nonfiction.
Time

1955-6

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