Name: Dandelion Wine (Grand Master Editions)
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Author: Bradbury, Ray
ISBN: 9780553277531

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Type

Physical Book

Author

Ray Bradbury

Publisher

Spectra Books

Collection

Grand Master Editions

Year

1985

Language

English

Pages

256

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

17.6 x 10.8 x 1.8 cm

Weight

0.13 kg.

ISBN

0553277537

ISBN13

9780553277531

Synopsis "Dandelion Wine (Grand Master Editions) "

The summer of '28 was a vintage season for a growing boy. A summer of green apple trees, mowed lawns, and new sneakers. Of half-burnt firecrackers, of gathering dandelions, of Grandma's belly-busting dinner. It was a summer of sorrows and marvels and gold-fuzzed bees. A magical, timeless summer in the life of a twelve-year-old boy named Douglas Spaulding--remembered forever by the incomparable Ray Bradbury. The only god living in Green Town, Illinois, that Douglas Spaulding knew of. The facts about John Huff, aged twelve, are simple and soon stated. - He could pathfind more trails than any Choctaw or Cherokee since time began. - Could leap from the sky like a chimpanzee from a vine. - Could live underwater two minutes and slide fifty yards downstream. - Could hit baseballs into apple trees, knocking down harvests. - Could jump six-foot orchard walls. - Ran laughing. - Sat easy. - Was not a bully. - Was kind. - Knew the words to all the cowboy songs and would teach you if you asked. - Knew the names of all the wild flowers and when the moon would rise or set and when the tides came in or out. He was, in fact, the only god living in the whole of Green Town, Illinois, during the twentieth century that Douglas Spaulding knew of. "[Ray] Bradbury is an authentic original."--Time

Ray Bradbury

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Ray Bradbury was born on August 22, 1920 in Waukegan, Illinois, USA. During the Great Depression, he moved with his family to Los Angeles, where he graduated in 1938 from Los Angeles High School. His academic education ended there, but he continued to educate himself until he became a professional writer in 1943. His most famous works are "The Martian Chronicles" (1950), "The Illustrated Man" (1951), and "Fahrenheit 451" (1953). Bradbury has also written countless TV scripts, essays, and poems in addition to novels. His concern as a writer not only focuses on questioning the current way of life, but also delves into the realm of the fantastic and wonderful, with a poetic and sometimes provocative style. In his childhood, Bradbury was very prone to nightmares and horrible fantasies, which he later captured in his stories many years later.

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