Southwest Branch Closing for Maintenance
Southwest Branch will be closed on Monday, March 25 and Tuesday, March 26 for replacement of the HVAC unit. The book drop will remain open and we plan to resume normal operating hours on Wednesday, March 27.

Presidential Preference Primary Election Early Voting at Select Library Locations
Ten OCLS Branch locations will host early voting for the 2024 Early Voting Primary Election from Monday, March 4 to Sunday, March 17 (10 a.m. – 6 p.m.): Alafaya, Chickasaw, Fairview Shores, Hiawassee, South Creek, Southeast, Southwest, Washington Park, West Oaks, and Winter Garden. Learn more about early voting at select library locations >

My Library

Request This Item
Add To My Lists
Add To Cart
MARC Display
Return To Search Results
View Cart
Empty Cart
     
Limit search to available items
Title Nobody rich or famous : a family memoir / Richard Shelton.
Author Shelton, Richard, 1933- author.
Publication Info. Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2016.
Book Cover
Copies/Volumes
Location Call No. Status
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Fourth Floor  811.54 SHE    Check Shelves
Description 284 pages ; 23 cm
text rdacontent
unmediated rdamedia
volume rdacarrier
Summary Nobody Rich or Famous is a literary memoir about family and place. Shelton travels to his childhood home in rural Idaho to connect with his past and discover his family history. The manuscript touches upon family dynamics, death and mortality, alcoholism, abusive relationships, and life in the rural and urban West. The book simultaneously exposes the conflicts within Shelton's family while illustrating life in Great Basin during the first half of the 20th century.
Subject Shelton, Richard, 1933- -- Family.
Shelton, Richard, 1933- -- Anecdotes.
Shelton, Richard, 1933- -- Homes and haunts -- Idaho -- Boise River Valley.
Boise River Valley (Idaho) -- Description and travel.
Genre Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Anecdotes.
ISBN 9780816534005 (cloth : alk. paper) : $35.00
9780816533992 (pbk. : alk. paper)