Author

Publication

1997 - Viking, New York, N.Y., U.S.A, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

69,750 words, Guess

Page Count

279 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
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  • LibraryThing426770

Classifications

  • DDC973.9
  • LCCE169.Z82 G745 1997

Description

With the color and richness of a novel, Chevrolet Summers, Dairy Queen Nights leads us across the country to chronicle the people, places, and passions at its secret heart. Greene tells the stories that don't make the headlines - funny, gripping, warm, chilling, sentimental, exhilarating. A small-town cop saves a child's life by double-checking, on a hunch, a closed case of suspected abuse. Frank Sinatra, on his last concert tour, shares off-the-cuff wisdom about fame, craft, and shifting fortunes. The Mall of America, on the Minnesota plains, stands as a surreal symbol of our nation at its best and worst. An impoverished father gives his son the best trip he can - on the free trains out to Atlanta's airport boarding gates.

Subjects

Topics

AnecdotesUnited StatesPopular cultureDescription and travelSocial life and customsAmerican essays, 20th centuryPopular culture, united states

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