King of the Armadillos - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook King of the Armadillos write by Wendy Chin-Tanner. This book was released on 2024-09-17. King of the Armadillos available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. BEST BOOK OF SUMMER 2023: The Boston Globe, Deep South Magazine, Ms. Magazine, BookRiot "Brilliant, absorbing, and powerfully moving." —Cheryl Strayed, New York Times bestselling author of Wild “[A] gripping and tenderly executed drama." —The New York Times A novel about family, love, and belonging, set against the backdrops of 1950s New York City and Louisiana, following one young man’s quest to survive an often misunderstood disease, and find love, music, and himself, in the process. Victor Chin’s life is turned upside down at the tender age of 15. Diagnosed with Hansen’s disease, otherwise known as leprosy, he’s forced to leave the familiar confines of his father’s laundry business in the Bronx – the only home he’s known since emigrating from China with his older brother – to quarantine alongside patients from all over the country at a federal institution in Carville. At first, Victor is scared not only of the disease, but of the confinement, and wants nothing more than to flee. Between treatments he dreams of escape and imagines his life as a fugitive. But soon he finds a new sense of freedom far from home – one without the pull of obligations to his family, the laundry business, or his mother back in China. Here, in the company of an unforgettable cast of characters, Victor finds refuge in music and experiences first love, jealousy, betrayal, and even tragedy. But with the promise of a life-changing cure on the horizon, Victor’s time at Carville is running out, and he has some difficult choices to make. A page turning work of historical fiction, King of the Armadillos announces Wendy Chin-Tanner as an extraordinary new voice. Inspired by her father’s experience as a young patient at Carville, this tender novel is a captivating and lyrical exploration of the power of art.
Armadillo Antics
Armadillo Antics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Armadillo Antics write by Bill Martin. This book was released on 2022-04-26. Armadillo Antics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
KING ISIAH, A Frog's Tale
KING ISIAH, A Frog's Tale - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook KING ISIAH, A Frog's Tale write by Chuck Buckner. This book was released on 2005-12. KING ISIAH, A Frog's Tale available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Enter: The Kingdom of Isiah; be transported chapter by chapter into the pond world of the Frog King. By the end of this book, you'll have met colorful characters from the watery world of Isiah's Pond, from the surrounding woods and fields and from the farms and towns of the nearby human world. You will come to believe that a frog ( A King Frog anyway ) can know so much. King Isiah comments on everything from poke salat to the Vietnam war, from digging sang to baseball, from fighting wildfires to frog dreams.
Armadillo's Orange
Armadillo's Orange - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Armadillo's Orange write by Jim Arnosky. This book was released on 2003. Armadillo's Orange available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An armadillo remembers where his burrow is by the orange near the opening, but when the orange rolls away, he discovers a new way to find his home.
Armadillo World Headquarters
Armadillo World Headquarters - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Armadillo World Headquarters write by Eddie Wilson. This book was released on 2017-04-04. Armadillo World Headquarters available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “Eddie’s story is by turns hilarious, informative, and the living spirit of its age. . . . [He] piles the most unlikely anecdotes on top of one another, creating a land of enchantment and an order of chemically altered consciousness that rescues an era I’d thought not so much lost as forgotten. Not only am I thrilled I’ve read this story and wish I was in it, I wish I’d written it.” —Dave Marsh, from the foreword “The Armadillo World Headquarters . . . was one of the most exciting, and remained one of the most exciting, places in the United States for the years that it was in operation. I saw a little of everything at the Armadillo, and it was one of the great experiences of my life.” —Ann Richards, from the author’s preface On August 7, 1970, Eddie Wilson and a band of hippies threw open the doors of Armadillo World Headquarters, and the live music capital of the world was born in Austin, Texas. Over its ten-year lifespan, the Armadillo hosted thousands of high-profile musicians—Willie Nelson, Frank Zappa, Bruce Springsteen, Taj Mahal, AC/DC, Charlie Daniels, the Ramones, Roy Buchanan, and Bette Midler, to name a random few. The Armadillo helped define the Austin lifestyle, culture, and identity, setting the stage for successors such as the SXSW music festival, PBS’s Austin City Limits, and the ACL festival, which have made Austin an international destination for music fans. In this rollicking memoir, Eddie Wilson tells the behind-the-scenes story of the Armadillo from the moment he first peered into a derelict National Guard armory building and knew that destiny had found him. He vividly describes how two previously clashing groups—rednecks and hippies—came together at the Armadillo, enjoying a new blend of country music and rock that spawned a many-named movement: cosmic cowboy, progressive country, and redneck rock, among others. Wilson also reveals the struggles and creative solutions that kept the doors open, the angels who provided timely infusions of cash, the janitors and carpenters who maintained the Dillo, and the artists who created iconic poster art. Extensively illustrated with candid photographs and music posters, Armadillo World Headquarters recounts the story of this legendary venue as no other book can.
