abstract: The poems in The Only Living Boy in Omaha tell the story of Simon, who, after his mother dies giving birth to him, is raised on passenger trains by his father, a conductor. Set in the 1940s and '50s, the book follows Simon as he travels across the American West, back and forth between California and his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska. Along the way, Simon gets to know other passengers, falls in love with radio and California's past, befriends an inventor, and discovers the story of his miracle birth. Blending lyric and narrative, history and fable, these poems revisit a time when passenger trains were popular, and explore the unique childhood that took place there. / Dissertation/Thesis / M.F.A. English 2012
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:asu.edu/item:14602 |
| Date | January 2012 |
| Contributors | Lake, Shane (Author), Dubie, Norman (Advisor), Hogue, Cynthia (Committee member), Rios, Alberto (Committee member), Arizona State University (Publisher) |
| Source Sets | Arizona State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Masters Thesis |
| Format | 56 pages |
| Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/, All Rights Reserved |
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