The Journey to Mount Clemens (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: John O’Hara
- First Published: 1974
- Type of Work: Short story
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Twentieth century, Class consciousness, Pennsylvania, Death or dying, Work or workers, Winter, Snow, Engineering
- Locales: Pennsylvania
“The Journey to Mount Clemens” was written in 1966 or earlier, but The Saturday Evening Post did not accept it for publication until 1974. It was reprinted that same year in Good Samaritan, and Other Stories. “The Journey to Mount Clemens” is narrated in the first-person voice and contains a number of autobiographical elements.
The time period of the story is never stated outright, but all the details point to the 1920's. The narrator is eighteen years old, is Catholic, has just been expelled from prep school, and has recently acquired a job through the...
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