The Blue Caterpillar and Other Essays

by Samuel F. Pickering Jr.

From "The Blue Caterpillar" "Sixty-seven girls and one adult danced in Alice. Eliza was the Queen of Hearts, and I was the Blue Caterpillar. I was excited. Never had I been in a ballet. Fifty-two years is a long time to be a chrysalis, and I was eager to split the pupal shell, pump up my wings, and flutter through an auditorium." From a review of Trespassing: "Reading Pickering . . . is like taking a walk with your oldest,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813014824
• ISBN13: 9780813014821
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 229 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 9.1"