Full Description
"Marvelously captivating." — The New York Times. First published in 1940, Saroyan's international bestseller recounts the exploits of an Armenian clan in northern California at the turn of the 20th century. Based on the author's loving and eccentric extended family, the characters in these 14 related short stories provide humorous and touching scenes from immigrant life.
Contents
The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse
The Journey to Hanford
The Pomegranate Trees
One of Our Future Poets, You Might Say
The Fifty-Yard Dash
A Nice Old-Fashioned Romance, with Love Lyrics and Everything
My Cousin Dikran, the Orator
The Presbyterian Choir Singers
The Circus
The Three Swimmers and the Educated Grocer
Locomotive 38, the Ojibway
Old Country Advice to the American Traveler
The Poor and Burning Arab
A Word to Scoffers
