Author

Publication

1985 - Black Sparrow Books, Santa Barbara, California

Language

English

Word Count

41,000 words, Guess

Page Count

164 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100876856504
  • ISBN-100876856512
  • ISBN-100876856490
  • ISBN-139780876856505
  • ISBN-139780876856512
and 11 more
  • ISBN-139780876856499
  • LibraryThing53756
  • Goodreads90260', '1848149', '1848148
  • Library of Congress Control Number85015098
  • OCLC Control Number12236759
  • Better World BooksO8-BEJ-056
  • Better World Books9780876856499
  • Better World Books9780876856505
  • Better World Books9780876856512
  • Better World BooksW7-ARD-418
  • Open LibraryOL2534357M

Classifications

  • DDC813/.52
  • LCCPS3511.A594 R6 1985
  • LCCPS3511.A594R6 1985

Description

I had a lot of jobs in Los Angeles Harbor because our family was poor and my father was dead. My first job was ditchdigging a short time after I graduated from high school. Every night I couldn't sleep from the pain in my back. We were digging an excavation in an empty lot, there wasn't any shade, the sun came straight from a cloudless sky, and I was down in that hole digging with two huskies who dug with a love for it, always laughing and telling jokes, laughing and smoking bitter tobacco.

Subjects

Topics

FictionYoung menNovelistsLiteratureAuthors, fictionFiction, generalYoung men -- Fiction

Genres

  • Fiction

Other Editions

  • The road to Los AngelesBlack Sparrow Books1985-01-01

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