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Straight White Male
Gerald W. Haslam
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Description for Straight White Male
Paperback. Leroy Upton has come a long way from the sun-baked working-class neighbourhood in Bakersfield where he grew up. The son of an oil-field labourer, he is now a professor at a small Northern Californian college. Life is about to deliver Leroy and his comfortable existence a series of challenges. Series: Western Literature Series. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 395.
Leroy Upton, the ""straight white male"" who is the novel’s central character, has come a long way from the sun-baked working-class neighborhood in Bakersfield where he grew up. The son of an oil-field laborer, Leroy is now a professor at a small college in Northern California. He is happily married, has three much-loved children, and close friends who share his memories and success.
Leroy Upton, the ""straight white male"" who is the novel’s central character, has come a long way from the sun-baked working-class neighborhood in Bakersfield where he grew up. The son of an oil-field laborer, Leroy is now a professor at a small college in Northern California. He is happily married, has three much-loved children, and close friends who share his memories and success.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Reno, United States
ISBN
9780874173543
SKU
V9780874173543
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About Gerald W. Haslam
Gerald W. Haslam, the author of Straight White Male and other award-winning titles, is professor emeritus of English at Sonoma State University. He lives in Northern California.
Reviews for Straight White Male
A tough, courageous novel."" —Gerald Rosen, author of Growing Up Bronx ""… a very funny and poignant account of three generations in a California family that is as familiar as our own next-door neighbors, and as strange as any folks we might ever meet in real life. ... The saga of his beloved nuclear family ought to be inspiring to anyone with ailing parents and wayward children. Straight White Male will make you laugh so hard you'll want to cry."" —Jonah Raskin, Professor, Sonoma State University and book reviewer, Santa Rosa Press Democrat ""This superb novel confirms Gerald Haslam's standing as the most important writer to emerge from California's Central Valley (his Other California) since Steinbeck. Straight White Male is indeed the straight story of the enduring value of married love, family, friends, community, hard work, maturity, forgiveness, and basic human decency. This book makes one suspect it just may be okay again to be a man."" —Gerald Locklin, Come Back, Bear and Last Tango in Long Beach