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The Osage Orange Tree, a never-before-published story by beloved poet William Stafford, is about young love complicated by misunderstanding and the insecurity of adolescence, set against the backdrop of poverty brought on by the Great Depression. The narrator recalls a girl he once knew. He and Evangeline, both shy, never find the courage to speak to each other in high school. Every evening, however, Evangeline meets him at the Osage orange tree on the edge of her property. He delivers a newspaper to her, and they talk--and as the year progresses a secret friendship blossoms. This magical coming-of-age tale is brought to life through linocut illustrations by Oregon artist Dennis Cunningham, with an afterword by poet Naomi Shihab Nye, a personal friend of Stafford's. In the tradition of the work of great fiction writers like Steinbeck, O'Connor, and Welty, The Osage Orange Tree stands the test of time, not just as an ode to a place and a generation but as a testament to the resilience of a nation and the strength of the human heart.

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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

• Full title: Osage Orange Tree
• Subtitle: A Story by William Stafford
• Author: Cunningham, William Stafford
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 64
• EAN: 9781595341846
• ISBN: 1595341846
• ID: 04831092
• Publisher: Trinity University Press,U.S.
• Weight: 212 g
• Dimensions: 190 × 127 × 10 mm
• Date of publishing: 06. February 2014

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