Collected novels & poems : Train whistle guitar ; The spyglass tree ; The seven league boots ; The magic keys ; Poems / Albert Murray ; Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Paul Devlin, editors.
Murray, Albert, author.; Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., editor.; Devlin, Paul, 1980- editor.; Container of (work): Murray, Albert. Train whistle guitar.; Container of (work): Murray, Albert. Spyglass tree.; Container of (work): Murray, Albert. Seven league boots.; Container of (work): Murray, Albert. Magic keys.; Container of (work): Murray, Albert. Poems. Selections.
2018
PS3563.U764 A6 2018 (Mapit)
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Title
Collected novels & poems : Train whistle guitar ; The spyglass tree ; The seven league boots ; The magic keys ; Poems / Albert Murray ; Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Paul Devlin, editors.
Author
Murray, Albert, author.
Uniform Title
Works. Selections
Portion of Title
Collected novels and poems
ISBN
9781598535617 (hardcover)
1598535617 (hardcover)
1598535617 (hardcover)
Published
New York, New York : Library of America : Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., [2018]
Language
English
Description
977 pages : maps ; 21 cm.
Call Number
PS3563.U764 A6 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification
813/.54
Summary
"Albert Murray (1916-2013) was one of the most provocative and original American thinkers of the twentieth century, writing with equal grace and power as an essayist and novelist."--Page 4 of cover.
Train whistle guitar: His schoolteacher, the barber, older girls, and a train-hopping musician teach Scooter just about all he needs to know in Gasoline Point, Alabama, during the 1920s.
The spyglass tree: The growing up days of Scooter from boyhood to manhood into college.
The seven league boots: Scooter, aka Schoolboy, a bass player so named because he has a college degree, plucks and bows his way across the country with a famous jazz band, and onto Europe.
The magic keys: Growing up brilliant and curious in Alabama, Scooter was told he was destined for greatness. Now newly married and a graduate student in humanities at New York University, he goes about discovering just what he is destined to be great at. Anchored by Eunice, his "Mrs. Me," Scooter makes the rounds of Manhattan's libraries, jazz hangouts, galleries, skyscrapers, and endlessly fascinating streets, meeting the people who will help him find his way.
Train whistle guitar: His schoolteacher, the barber, older girls, and a train-hopping musician teach Scooter just about all he needs to know in Gasoline Point, Alabama, during the 1920s.
The spyglass tree: The growing up days of Scooter from boyhood to manhood into college.
The seven league boots: Scooter, aka Schoolboy, a bass player so named because he has a college degree, plucks and bows his way across the country with a famous jazz band, and onto Europe.
The magic keys: Growing up brilliant and curious in Alabama, Scooter was told he was destined for greatness. Now newly married and a graduate student in humanities at New York University, he goes about discovering just what he is destined to be great at. Anchored by Eunice, his "Mrs. Me," Scooter makes the rounds of Manhattan's libraries, jazz hangouts, galleries, skyscrapers, and endlessly fascinating streets, meeting the people who will help him find his way.
Note
Map on endpapers.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 940-977).
Added Author
Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., editor.
Devlin, Paul, 1980- editor.
Container of (work): Murray, Albert. Train whistle guitar.
Container of (work): Murray, Albert. Spyglass tree.
Container of (work): Murray, Albert. Seven league boots.
Container of (work): Murray, Albert. Magic keys.
Container of (work): Murray, Albert. Poems. Selections.
Devlin, Paul, 1980- editor.
Container of (work): Murray, Albert. Train whistle guitar.
Container of (work): Murray, Albert. Spyglass tree.
Container of (work): Murray, Albert. Seven league boots.
Container of (work): Murray, Albert. Magic keys.
Container of (work): Murray, Albert. Poems. Selections.
Series
Library of America ; 304.
Includes
Container of (work): Murray, Albert. Train whistle guitar.
Container of (work): Murray, Albert. Spyglass tree.
Container of (work): Murray, Albert. Seven league boots.
Container of (work): Murray, Albert. Magic keys.
Container of (work): Murray, Albert. Poems. Selections.
Container of (work): Murray, Albert. Spyglass tree.
Container of (work): Murray, Albert. Seven league boots.
Container of (work): Murray, Albert. Magic keys.
Container of (work): Murray, Albert. Poems. Selections.
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Table of Contents
Train whistle guitar (1974)
The spyglass tree (1991)
The seven league boots (1995)
The magic keys (2005)
Conjugations and reiterations : [poems] (2001)
Other poems
Appendix. The Luzana cholly kick
Manifest Destiny U.S.A.
Chronology.
The spyglass tree (1991)
The seven league boots (1995)
The magic keys (2005)
Conjugations and reiterations : [poems] (2001)
Other poems
Appendix. The Luzana cholly kick
Manifest Destiny U.S.A.
Chronology.