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OverviewIn this psychologically gripping memoir, Blake Allmendinger returns to his childhood home after a forty-year absence. His homecoming to the struggling farming community of Rocky Ford, Colorado, formerly known as the Melon Capital of the World, forces the author to confront his own sad and disturbing history, one that parallels his hometown’s decline. Allmendinger’s family was dominated by his emotionally and mentally unstable mother, who became depressed while living in Rocky Ford as a young woman. For the rest of her life she abused the members of her family, creating tensions that remained unresolved until the end of the author’s visit, when his mother died suddenly, a family member committed suicide, and a secret diary was discovered. The Melon Capital of the World is a remarkable blend of personal narrative, memoir, and Allmendinger’s interviews with people who knew his mother and her family. His story is a gritty but compassionate, and at times humorous, portrait of a family trying to survive in the rapidly disappearing rural American West. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Blake AllmendingerPublisher: University of Nebraska Press Imprint: Bison Books Dimensions: Width: 12.70cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 20.30cm Weight: 0.281kg ISBN: 9780803255401ISBN 10: 0803255403 Pages: 152 Publication Date: 01 February 2015 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations 1. The Melon Capital of the World 2. TJ Is a Wonderful Boy 3. I Met a Traveler from an Antique Land 4. Bad Day for a Black Brother 5. Remember Me 6. A Bump in the Road 7. The DiaryReviewsThe Melon Capital of the World is a very important book... Allmendinger's voice is unique and profound, making an excellent read. - Margaret Randall, author of More Than Things This story provides a therapeutic framework for envisioning hope in dark moments as well as being very connectable, readable, and enjoyable... It's a fun and provocative ride. - Mark Spitzer, author of Season of the Gar """The Melon Capital of the World is a very important book... Allmendinger's voice is unique and profound, making an excellent read."" - Margaret Randall, author of More Than Things ""This story provides a therapeutic framework for envisioning hope in dark moments as well as being very connectable, readable, and enjoyable... It's a fun and provocative ride."" - Mark Spitzer, author of Season of the Gar" The Melon Capital of the World is a very important book... Allmendinger's voice is unique and profound, making an excellent read. -Margaret Randall, author of More Than Things -- Margaret Randall This story provides a therapeutic framework for envisioning hope in dark moments as well as being very connectable, readable, and enjoyable... It's a fun and provocative ride. -Mark Spitzer, author of Season of the Gar -- Mark Spitzer Author InformationBlake Allmendinger is a professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of Imagining the African American West (Nebraska, 2005) and other books. His work on western writers and literature has been featured in the Los Angeles Times. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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