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Dandelion Wine is a 1957 novel by Ray Bradbury set in the summer of 1928 in the fictional town of Green Town, Illinois, based upon Bradbury's childhood home of Waukegan, Illinois, and serving as the first novel in his Green Town Trilogy.
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- 1957
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Ray Bradbury's Dandelion Wine is a chronological series of vignettes and short stories that recounts the summer of 1928 in a small Illinois town mostly through the eyes of twelve year-old Douglas Spaulding. Can you close your eyes and recapture the smells, sounds, sights, and feel of summer?
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Apr 1, 1985 · Dandelion Wine: A Novel (Grand Master Editions) Mass Market Paperback – April 1, 1985. by Ray Bradbury (Author) 4.5 3,306 ratings. Book 1 of 3: Greentown. Teachers' pick. See all formats and editions. The summer of '28 was a vintage season for a growing boy. A summer of green apple trees, mowed lawns, and new sneakers.
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- Ray Bradbury
- 1957
Dandelion Wine is a 1957 novel by American author Ray Bradbury that follows the life of twelve-year-old Douglas Spaulding over the course of a magical summer in the fictional Green Town, Illinois. As the townspeople revel in the simple joys of life, the novel becomes an exploration of memory, mortality, and the fleeting nature of existence.
Of half-burnt firecrackers, of gathering dandelions, of Grandma’s belly-busting dinner. It was a summer of sorrows and marvels and gold-fuzzed bees. A magical, timeless summer in the life of a twelve-year-old boy named Douglas Spaulding—remembered forever by the incomparable Ray Bradbury.
Feb 1, 1999 · HarperCollins, Feb 1, 1999 - Fiction - 288 pages. Ray Bradbury's moving recollection of a vanished golden era remains one of his most enchanting novels. Dandelion Wine stands out in the...
