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Collected novels & poems, Train whistle guitar ; The spyglass tree ; The seven league boots ; The magic keys ; Poems, Albert Murray ; Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Paul Devlin, editors

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Collected novels & poems, Train whistle guitar ; The spyglass tree ; The seven league boots ; The magic keys ; Poems, Albert Murray ; Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Paul Devlin, editors

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 940-977)

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contains biographical information

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maps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

mixed forms

Main title

Collected novels & poems

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1022282692

Responsibility statement

Albert Murray ; Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Paul Devlin, editors

Series statement

The Library of America, 304

Sub title

Train whistle guitar ; The spyglass tree ; The seven league boots ; The magic keys ; Poems

Summary

"Albert Murray (1916-2013) was one of the most provocative and original American thinkers of the twentieth century, writing with equal grace and power as an essayist and novelist."--Page 4 of coverTrain whistle guitar: His schoolteacher, the barber, older girls, and a train-hopping musician teach Scooter just about all he needs to know in Gasoline Point, Alabama, during the 1920sThe spyglass tree: The growing up days of Scooter from boyhood to manhood into collegeThe seven league boots: Scooter, aka Schoolboy, a bass player so named because he has a college degree, plucks and bows his way across the country with a famous jazz band, and onto EuropeThe magic keys: Growing up brilliant and curious in Alabama, Scooter was told he was destined for greatness. Now newly married and a graduate student in humanities at New York University, he goes about discovering just what he is destined to be great at. Anchored by Eunice, his "Mrs. Me," Scooter makes the rounds of Manhattan's libraries, jazz hangouts, galleries, skyscrapers, and endlessly fascinating streets, meeting the people who will help him find his way

Table Of Contents

Train whistle guitar (1974) -- The spyglass tree (1991) -- The seven league boots (1995) -- The magic keys (2005) -- Conjugations and reiterations : [poems] (2001) -- Other poems -- Appendix. The Luzana cholly kick -- Manifest Destiny U.S.A. -- Chronology

Target audience

adult

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Collected novels and poems

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