Billy Boy (Record no. 28168)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0743224809 |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780743224802 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | SHR |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Bud Shrake |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Billy Boy |
| Remainder of title | A Novel |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | U.S.A |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Simon & Schuster |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | c2001 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 235 pages |
| Other physical details | Hardcover |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Not since Larry McMurtry's The Last Picture Show has a novelist captured the poignant contradictions of young manhood in the American West the way Bud Shrake does in Billy Boy. There are tough times ahead for sixteen-year-old Billy. He's just come to Fort Worth with his father, Troy, after the death of his mother back in Albuquerque. Troy's drinking and gambling will leave them all but penniless, and he'll soon move on and abandon Billy in this strange town to fend for himself. With only a vague idea of how he's going to live, Billy heads over to Colonial Country Club, where he hopes he can get work as a caddie and where he just might see his hero, Ben Hogan. What he finds there, under the watchful eye of his guardian spirit, teaches him unforgettable lessons about golf, life, love and honor. Shrake skillfully weaves historical figures and his richly drawn characters into the fabric of the town and the tenor of the time. Billy must face down his fears and doubts, and he does so in a climactic confrontation that combines the yearnings of youth with the redemption of the spirit. Billy Boy is an unforgettable novel of coming of age in a time and a place filled with mythic echoes and frontier dreams. |
| Keyword | Sports |
| 655 ## - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Genre | Sport Fiction |
| Genre/form data or focus term | Sport Fiction |
| Genre | Sport Fiction |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Item type | Books |
| Koha issues (borrowed), all copies | 1 |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date last borrowed | Copy number | Cost, replacement price | Price effective from | Koha item type | Public Note |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Fiction | Senior Library | Senior Library | F15 Sports Fiction_Section | 2013-12-03 | Rare Book | 300.00 | 1 | 813.54SHR | 1302111418 | 2025-10-04 | 2022-09-08 | 1 | 100.00 | 2013-12-03 | Books | Sports Fiction |