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Peck, Richard, 1934-

A long way from Chicago : a novel in stories / - 1st ed. - New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c1998. - 148 p. ; 22 cm.

Prologue -- Shotgun Cheatham's last night above ground -- The mouse in the milk -- A one-woman crime wave -- The day of judgement -- The phantom brakeman -- Things with wings -- Centennial summer -- The troop train.

A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than-life grandmother.

ISBN: 0803722907

LCCN: 98010953 /AC

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Grandmothers--Fiction.
Depressions--Fiction.--1929-
Country life--Fiction.--Illinois

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Illinois--Fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.P338 / Ll 1998

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]