Drawing on such unique sources as the author's unpublished letters,business records, and obscure family recollections, Tappan Wilder'sAfterword adds a special dimension to the reissue of this hilarious tale about goodness in a fallen world. Meet George Marvin Brush -- Don Quixote come to Main Stree
Heaven's My Destination
✍ Scribed by Thornton Wilder
- Book ID
- 110821958
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 373 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780062232663
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
Drawing on such unique sources as the author's unpublished letters,business records, and obscure family recollections, Tappan Wilder'sAfterword adds a special dimension to the reissue of this hilarious tale about goodness in a fallen world.
Meet George Marvin Brush -- Don Quixote come to Main Street in the Great Depression, and one of Thornton Wilder's most memorable characters. George Brush, a traveling textbook salesman, is a fervent religious convert who is determined to lead a good life. With sad and sometimes hilarious consequences, his travels take him through smoking cars, bawdy houses, banks, and campgrounds from Texas to Illinois -- and into the soul of America itself.
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