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Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
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Publisher
Florida Atlantic University
Date Issued
2007
EDTF Date Created
2007
Description
Bud and Scooter, two teenaged cousins, are making the trip of their young lives in
the midst of the Great Depression. Their family friend in rural Florida, Jake Gilchrist,
head of a poor family with three small children, has died while visiting his sick mother on
Long Island. His wife cannot afford to have his body shipped back by train for burial, so
Bud and Scooter volunteer for a goodwill mission and grand adventure: they take Bud's
father's pickup truck, drive a thousand miles up US 1, pick up Jake's body, pack it in ice,
and transport it back to Florida. Along the way they meet people (both common and
extraordinary), they work out their differences (with words and with fists), they come
face-to-face with beauty and goodness as well as with poverty and evil.. .and they get to
see the Empire State Building.
the midst of the Great Depression. Their family friend in rural Florida, Jake Gilchrist,
head of a poor family with three small children, has died while visiting his sick mother on
Long Island. His wife cannot afford to have his body shipped back by train for burial, so
Bud and Scooter volunteer for a goodwill mission and grand adventure: they take Bud's
father's pickup truck, drive a thousand miles up US 1, pick up Jake's body, pack it in ice,
and transport it back to Florida. Along the way they meet people (both common and
extraordinary), they work out their differences (with words and with fists), they come
face-to-face with beauty and goodness as well as with poverty and evil.. .and they get to
see the Empire State Building.
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Form
Extent
281 p.
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Identifier
FA00000901
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Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Thesis (M.F.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2007.
FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Date Backup
2007
Date Created Backup
2007
Date Text
2007
Date Created (EDTF)
2007
Date Issued (EDTF)
2007
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FAU
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FA00000901
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Attributed name: Florida Atlantic University
Person Preferred Name
Bresciano, Cora
Graduate College
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application/pdf
281 p.
Title Plain
Signs and Wonders
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Origin Information
2007
2007
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Location
Florida Atlantic University Libraries
Place
Boca Raton, Fla.
Sub Location
Digital Library
Title
Signs and Wonders
Other Title Info
Signs and Wonders