The Escape of Bobby Ray Hammer: A Novel of a '50s Family by Sheppard, Richard

The Escape of Bobby Ray Hammer: A Novel of a '50s Family (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780982953402)

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The Escape of Bobby Ray Hammer: A Novel of a '50s Family by Sheppard, Richard

The Escape of Bobby Ray Hammer: A Novel of a '50s Family

$14.99
The Escape of Bobby Ray Hammer: A Novel of a '50s Family by Sheppard, Richard

The Escape of Bobby Ray Hammer: A Novel of a '50s Family

$14.99
Format: Paperback
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The Escape of Bobby Ray Hammer is a second generation "Grapes of Wrath" novel in that Bobby's parents migrated to California during the 1930s, the "Dust Bowl" days. Bobby is just entering his senior year in high school and eager to graduate and go on to college to get out of his rural farming community; however, he realizes that he must resolve family problems that originated, he believes, with the death of his older brother before he can fulfill his dream. Little does he realize the trail of misery he will cause as he uncovers the family secrets that led to his brother's death.

Author: Richard Sheppard, David Sheppard
ISBN-10: 0982953402
ISBN-13: 9780982953402
Publisher: Tragedy's Workshop
Language: English
Published: 09/23/2010
Pages: 414
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.33lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.92d
By Richard Sheppard
By Richard Sheppard
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David Sheppard is the author of the non-fiction works Oedipus on a Pale Horse and Novelsmithing, and the fiction trilogy The Mysteries, A Novel of Ancient Eleusis. He holds a bachelor's from Arizona State University and a master's from Stanford University, and has also studied American Literature at the University of Colorado. His poetry has appeared in The Paris Review and in The Arvon International Poetry Competition Anthology (Ted Hughes and Seamus Heaney editors).

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