There are stories in this small book, divided into six sections. No story is longer than two-and-a-half pages, and there are no named characters--they are merely identified as a mother, a. The one-room schoolhouse: stories about the boys by Heynen, Jim, Publication date Topics Country life, Boys Publisher New York: Knopf: Distributed by Random House Here - in more than one hundred perfectly pitched, sometimes perverse, and always surprising stories - Jim Heynen displays his mastery of country wisdom, speech, and User Interaction Count: · St. Paul writer Jim Heynen is perhaps best known for his “boy” stories (“The One-room Schoolhouse” and “The Boys’ House”), which were featured for years on National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered.”. The stories were inspired by Heynen’s own childhood, growing up on a farm in one of the last parts of Iowa to get electricity and attending a one-room schoolhouse.
For this book Heynen has written twenty new stories and revised many of those tales originally published in his first two collections, both now unavailable. This retrospective volume serves as a wonderful companion to his much-praised collection, The One-Room Schoolhouse: Stories About the Boys. Jim Heynen is the author of The Fall of Alice K. ( avg rating, ratings, 34 reviews, published ), The One-Room Schoolhouse ( avg rating, 8. Jim Heynen is best known for his short-short stories: The Man Who Kept Cigars in His Cap (Graywolf Press); You Know What is Right (North Point Press); The One-room Schoolhouse (Knopf); The Boys' House (Minnesota Historical Society Press); and Ordinary Sins (Milkweed Editions). Many of these stories have been read on NPR's All Things Considered, and Minnesota astronaut George Pinky Nelson.
The One-Room Schoolhouse: Stories About the Boys. In more than one hundred perfectly pitched, sometimes perverse, and always surprising stories, Jim Heynen displays his mastery of country wisdom, speech, and behavior as he reveals life in a Midwest where electricity is a magical novelty and cities a distant rumor. The One-room Schoolhouse: Stories about the Boys A Borzoi book: Author: Jim Heynen: Edition: illustrated: Publisher: Knopf, Original from: the University of Michigan: Digitized: Mar 8, In more than one hundred perfectly pitched, sometimes perverse, and always surprising stories, Jim Heynen displays his mastery of country wisdom, speech, and behavior as he reveals life in a Midwest where electricity is a magical novelty and cities a distant rumor. These are tales of farmboys.
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