A collection of 62 very short stories set in 1960s California, particularly around the authors home town of San Francisco. Richard Brautigan is the author of Willard & His Bowling Trophies, Trout Fishing in America, In Watermelon Sugar & A Confederate General From Big Sur.Revenge of the lawn 1692 Cotton Mather newsreel 1/3, 1/3, 1/3 The gathering of a Californian A short story about contemporary life in California Pacific Radio fire Elmira Coffee The lost chapters of Trout fishing in America: Rembrandt Creek and Carthage Sink The weather in San Francisco Complicated banking problems A high building in Singapore An unlimited supply of 35 millimeter film The Scarlatti Tilt The wild birds of heaven Winter rug Ernest Hemingways typist Homage to the San Francisco YMCA The pretty office A need for gardens The old bus The ghost children of Tacoma Talk show I was trying to describe you to someone Trick or treating down to the sea in ships Blackberry motorist Thoreau rubber band 44:40 Perfect California day The post offices of eastern Oregon Pale marble movie Partners Getting to know each other A short history of Oregon A long time ago people decided to live in America A short history of religion in California April in goddamn One afternoon in 1939 Corporal Lint A complete history of Germany and Japan The auction The armored car The literary life in California, 1964 Banners of my own choosing Fame in California, 1964 Memory of a girl September California A study in California flowers The betrayed kingdom Women when they put their clothes on in the morning Halloween in Denver Atlantisburg The view from the dog tower Greyhound tragedy Crazy old women are riding the buses of America today The correct time Holiday in Germany Sand Castles Forgiven American flag decal The World War I Los Angeles airplane
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