"The Origin of the Axletree"
| Title | "The Origin of the Axletree" |
| Year for Search | 1979 |
| Authors | Gray, Alasdair [James](1934-2019) |
| Secondary Title | Scottish Short Stories 1979 |
| Pagination | 21-35 |
| Date Published | 1979 |
| Publisher | Collins |
| Place Published | London |
| Keywords | Male author, Scottish author |
| Annotation | A mildly dystopian story in which a prince decides to build a structure, the Axletree, that will reach heaven. See 1983 Gray for the dystopian sequel. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. as "The Start of the Axletree." Illus. by the author in his Unlikely Stories, Mostly (Edinburgh, Scot.: Canongate, 1983), 67-83; and in his Every Short Story, 1952-2012 (Edinburgh, Scot.: Canongate, 2012), 76-89. |
| Title Note | Rpt. as "The Start of the Axletree." |
| Holding Institutions | LLL |
| Author Note | (1934-2019) |
| Full Text | 1979 Gray, Alasdair [James] (1934-2019). “The Origin of the Axletree.” Scottish Short Stories 1979 (London: Collins, 1979), 21-35. Rpt. as “The Start of the Axletree.” Illus. by the author in his Unlikely Stories, Mostly (Edinburgh, Scot.: Canongate, 1983), 67-83; rpt. (London: Penguin, 1984), 67-83; and in his Every Short Story, 1952-2012 (Edinburgh, Scot.: Canongate, 2012), 76-89. LLL A mildly dystopian story in which a prince decides to build a structure, the Axletree, that will reach heaven. See 1983 Gray for the dystopian sequel. Scottish author. |
