As good as gone : a novel
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2016.
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First edition.
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341 pages ; 24 cm
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Meadville Public Library
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2016.
Edition
First edition.
Language
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"Calvin Sidey is a cowboy of the old-school, no-guff sort--steely, hardened, with his own personal code. It's the 1960s, and he's living off the grid in a stifling trailer on the prairie when his adult son, Bill, seeks his help. A mostly absentee father, and a virtual no-show as a grandfather, Calvin nevertheless reluctantly agrees to stay with his grandchildren for a week. He decamps for his son's dark and musty basement, to the small town where he once was a mythic figure, and soon enough problems arise: a boy's attentions to seventeen-year-old Ann are increasingly aggressive, and a group of reckless kids portend danger for eleven-year-old Will. Calvin only knows one way to solve a problem: the Old West way, in which scores are settled, ultimatums are issued, and your gun is always loaded. In the changing culture of the 1960s, Calvin isn't just a relic, he's a wild card and a threat. With the crisp, restrained prose for which Larry Watson is revered, As Good As Gone is moving without being sentimental, a powerful story of a man increasingly at odds with the world. This is Larry Watson at his best."--

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Watson, L. (2016). As good as gone: a novel (First edition.). Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Watson, Larry, 1947-. 2016. As Good As Gone: A Novel. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Watson, Larry, 1947-. As Good As Gone: A Novel Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2016.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Watson, Larry. As Good As Gone: A Novel First edition., Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2016.

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