County photographs. I hope that they, and the reader as well, will
understand that this book of mine is a Ponca City (and indeed a Home
Front and a War) of the Mind, and that all digressions from the ascer-
tainable facts, whether intentional or not, are entirely my own.
Many of the learned and curious correspondents, if that’s the word,
who read and comment on my online journal went in search of answers
to questions I posed there, like the source of the phrase “Git for home,
Bruno!” and the price of condoms in 1944 (about $1.50 for a tin of
three; they found pictures, too). To LSB I owe the knowledge and
understanding I have of what became of people with disabilities at that
time, and before and after, which is at the heart of this fiction.
About the Author
JOHN CROWLEY lives in the hills above the
Connecticut River in northern Massachusetts
with his wife and twin daughters. He is the
author of ten previous novels as well as the
short fiction collection Novelties & Souvenirs.
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Credits
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Document Outline
Title Page
Dedication Page
Contents
Prelude
Part One
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Part Two
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Part Three
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Part Four
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Recessional
Afterword
About the Author
Also by John Crowley
Credits
Copyright Notice
About the Publisher