Walker Brothers Cowboy (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Alice Munro
- First Published: 1968
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism, coming of age
- Time of Work: The mid-twentieth century
- Setting: Lake Huron, Ontario
- Principal Characters: The narrator, Ben Jordan, Nora Cronin
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Girls, Maturation or coming of age, North America or North Americans, Parents and children, Traveling or travelers, Twentieth century, Poverty or poor people, Fathers, Canada or Canadians, Sales personnel, Nostalgia
- Locales: Ontario, Canada
The Story
“Walker Brothers Cowboy” is told in the first person from the point of view of an adult woman recounting a significant formative experience from her preadolescent girlhood in which she meets a woman her father dated before marrying her mother. Through the encounter, she comes to view her father in a new light by realizing that he is not only a family provider but also a man with a colorful emotional history all his own.
The opening scene of “Walker Brothers Cowboy” establishes the geographic and psychological landscape of the story—rural Canada in the...
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