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Available
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Collection
Publication
North Point Press (1986), Edition: First Edition, 146 pages
Description
"Berry is a superb writer. His sense of what makes characters tick is extraordinary . . . Short stories don't get any better than these." --People As part of Counterpoint's celebration of beloved American author Wendell Berry comes this reissue of his 1986 classic,The Wild Birds: Six Stories of the Port William Membership. Those stories include "Thicker Than Liquor", "Where Did They Go?", "It Wasn't Me", "The Boundary", "That Distant Land", and the titular "The Wild Birds." Spanning more than three decades, from 1930 to 1967, these wonderful stories follow Wheeler Catlett, and reintroduce readers to the beloved people who live in Berry's fictional town of Port William, Kentucky.
User reviews
LibraryThing member lostinmommydom
This collection was what introduced me to Wendell Berry, I was fortunate enough to not only get him to sign my copy, but be a part of a discussion with him on this collection as well as his passion of Jeffersonian Democracy and agrarianism. He is a Kentucky treasure.
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1986
Physical description
146 p.
ISBN
0865472165 / 9780865472167