The Man with the Heart in the Highlands (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: William Saroyan
- First Published: 1936
- Type of Work: Short story
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Parents and children, Twentieth century, Music or musicians, 1910’s, California, Fathers, Food, Scotland or Scottish people, Boys
- Locales: Fresno, CA
“The Man with the Heart in the Highlands,” later to evolve into the full-length play My Heart's in the Highlands, first appeared in a collection of Saroyan's short fiction titled Three Times Three, issued in 1936. It is a charming fantasy focusing on an old vagabond actor named Jasper MacGregor and his magical bugle, the use of which results in a minor miracle.
The narrator, Johnny, recalls the story as an experience he had in 1914, when he was six years old. Old MacGregor appears in front of Johnny's house on San Benito Avenue, presumably in Fresno, playing...
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