Revenge of Lawn

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 “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