Revenge of the Lawn: Stories 1962-1970

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A collection of 62 very short stories set in 1960s California, particularly around the author's 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 Hemingway's 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 god-damn --
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