Outlaws of the Purple Cow and Other Stories
Year of Publication |
1999
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Publication Type |
Short Stories
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Number of Pages or Episodes |
358 p.
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Language |
English
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Contributors |
Author:
Lester Goran |
Publisher |
Kent State University Press
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City |
Kent, OH
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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.
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Notes |
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. |
Author Biography |
Lester Goran (1928-2014), born and raised in a housing project in Pittsburgh's Hill District, was a novelist and professor of English at the University of Miami. He attended Pittsburgh's Fifth Avenue High School and Schenley High School and he earned a BA and MA in English at the University of Pittsburgh. For more than 50 years he wrote fiction set in Pittsburgh. He lived in Miami, Florida.
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Time |
1945-73
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