Displaying 1 of 1 2004 Title: A long way from Chicago : a novel in stories Author: Peck, Richard, 1934-2018 Edition: Puffin Modern Classics edition Format: Book Publisher, Date: New York : Puffin Books, 2004. Description: 148 pages ; 18 cm. Summary: A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than-life grandmother. Subjects: Grandmothers -- Fiction. Depressions -- 1929 -- Fiction. Country life -- Illinois -- Fiction. Grandmothers -- Juvenile fiction. Depressions -- 1929 -- Juvenile fiction. Country life -- Illinois -- Juvenile fiction. Illinois -- Fiction. Illinois -- Juvenile fiction. Genre: Novels. Contents: Shotgun Cheatham's last night above ground, 1929 -- Mouse in the milk, 1930 -- One woman crime wave, 1931 -- Day of judgment, 1932 -- Phantom brakeman, 1933 -- Things with wings, 1934 -- Centennial summer, 1935 -- Troop train, 1942. ISBN 0142401102 Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Find It Map It Suggestions and more Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1