# The Old Man at the Railroad Crossing and Other Tales

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- Book: [The Old Man at the Railroad Crossing and Other Tales](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-maxwell/the-old-man-at-the-railroad-crossing-and-other-tales) ([The Old Man at the Railroad Crossing and Other Tales.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-maxwell/the-old-man-at-the-railroad-crossing-and-other-tales.md))
- Authors: [William Maxwell](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-maxwell), [Aimee Bender](https://www.bookquiver.com/aimee-bender)
- Publisher: counterpoint
- ISBN: 978-19-4043-632-6
- Pages: 192
- Published: 2016-05-17
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

In these tales, with one foot firmly planted in the present, Maxwell brings a certain sophisticated urbanity to the oral traditions of the fable and fairy tale. " The total effect is of something midway...