The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread - A Novel

Zusatztext "Spellbinding...superb...the narration is perfect...unforgettable" Informationen zum Autor Don Robertson (1929-1999) wrote eighteen novels, including two others featuring Morris Bird III: The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread and The Sum and Total of Now . The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened was made into a movie starring James Earl Jones. Klappentext On a quiet autumn afternoon in 1944, nine-year-old Morris Bird III decides to visit a friend who lives on the other side of town. So he grabs the handle of his red wagon and, with his little sister in tow, begins an incredible pilgrimage across Cleveland . . . and out of childhood forever.Set against the backdrop of one of the worst industrial disasters in American history, Don Robertson's enduring, beloved masterwork is a remarkable story of destiny, bravery, and responsibility, as fresh and relevant as when it first appeared in print. Zusammenfassung On a quiet autumn afternoon in 1944! nine-year-old Morris Bird III decides to visit a friend who lives on the other side of town. So he grabs the handle of his red wagon and! with his little sister in tow! begins an incredible pilgrimage across Cleveland . . . and out of childhood forever. Set against the backdrop of one of the worst industrial disasters in American history! Don Robertson's enduring! beloved masterwork is a remarkable story of destiny! bravery! and responsibility! as fresh and relevant as when it first appeared in print.

Product details

• Authors: Don Robertson
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.04.2008
• EAN: 9780061452963
• ISBN: 978-0-06-145296-3
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION: General, FICTION: Romance / Historical / American, FICTION: Historical / Medieval, FICTION: Coming of Age, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: American / General, FICTION: Classics, FICTION: Romance / Historical / Gilded Age, FICTION: Disaster, FICTION: World Literature / American / General