William Kennedy
Author
Series
Albany cycle volume 8
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Formats
Description
His life radically changed by an encounter with Ernest Hemingway in Cuba, journalist Daniel Quinn embarks on a turbulent journey marked by such historical events as the Albany race riots, the rise of Fidel Castro, and the assassination of Robert Kennedy.
3) Ironweed
Author
Series
Albany cycle volume 3
Language
English
Description
This tale, set during the Depression, tells about Francis Phelan and other inhabitants of skid row in Albany, New York. Ironweed, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, is the best-known of William Kennedy's three Albany-based novels. Francis Phelan, ex-ballplayer, part-time gravedigger, full-time drunk, has hit bottom. Years ago he left Albany in a hurry after killing a scab during a trolley workers' strike; he ran away again after accidentally - and fatally...
5) Roscoe
Author
Series
Albany cycle volume 7
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
291 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
7 sound discs (8 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An unsentimental portrait of homesteading in eastern Colorado, through the eyes of a young woman and her family living quietly courageous lives under primitive circumstances.
8) Ironweed
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
[Standard format].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (143 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Albany, New York, Halloween, 1938. Francis Phelan and Helen Archer are bums. She used to be a singer on the radio, he used to be a major league pitcher. Death surrounds them. Helen is sick, one of their pals has cancer, he digs graves at the cemetery and visits the grave of his infant son whom he dropped. Visions of his past haunt him, including ghosts of two men he killed. One night, while drinking, Helen tries to sing at a bar. Next day, Fran visits...
