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