Watch with me: and six other stories of the yet-remembered Ptolemy Proudfoot and his wife, Miss Minnie, née Quinch
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In these seven interrelated stories we are again invited to Port William, Kentucky. Rich with humor and wisdom, this collection describes the depth of affection and tolerance for eccentricity that these neighbors bear toward one another, and highlights the comic and often poignant ways they cope with the intrusions of the 20th century into their idyllic, agrarian world. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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| full_title | watch with me and six other stories of the yet remembered ptolemy proudfoot and his wife miss minnie |
| author | berry wendell |
| grouping_category | book |
| lastUpdate | 2018-04-05 05:36:26AM |
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| author | Berry, Wendell, 1934- |
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| display_description | Never has Wendell Berry seemingly had so much fun as he does in spinning the tall tales of Ptolemy Proudfoot, "a member of a large clan of large people." Tol Proudfoot is a farmer, a longtime bachelor at war with his clothes. The challenge of arriving in presentable fashion at the harvest festival in order to court Miss Minnie, Port William's schoolmarm, is an epic battle. But Miss Minnie is delighted to have "Mr. Proudfoot" bid on her cake at the bake auction for a princely sum, and pleased to have him see her home. Rich in humor and wisdom, each of these stories highlights the comic and poignant ways in which Port William's denizens cope with the intrusions of the twentieth century into their idyllic, agrarian world. |
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| isbn | 9780679434696, 9781619028418 |
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| literary_form | Fiction |
| literary_form_full | Fiction |
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| owning_library_vail | Vail Public Library |
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| primary_isbn | 9780679434696 |
| publishDate | 1994, 2018 |
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| subject_facet | City and town life -- Fiction, City and town life -- Kentucky -- Fiction, Electronic books, Farm life -- Fiction, Farm life -- Kentucky -- Fiction, Farmers -- Fiction, Farmers -- Kentucky -- Fiction, Fiction, Historical fiction, Kentucky -- Fiction |
| title_display | Watch with me : and six other stories of the yet-remembered Ptolemy Proudfoot and his wife, Miss Minnie, née Quinch |
| title_full | Watch with me : and six other stories of the yet-remembered Ptolemy Proudfoot and his wife, Miss Minnie, née Quinch / Wendell Berry, Watch with me : and six other stories of the yet-remembered Ptolemy Proudfoot and his wife, Miss Minnie, née Quinch [electronic resource] / Wendell Berry |
| title_short | Watch with me : |
| title_sub | and six other stories of the yet-remembered Ptolemy Proudfoot and his wife, Miss Minnie, née Quinch |
| topic_facet | City and town life, Electronic books, Farm life, Farmers, Historical fiction |
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