Ray Bradbury's moving recollection of a vanished golden era remains one of his
most enchanting novels. Dandelion Wine stands out in the Bradbury literary canon
as the author's most deeply personal work, a semi-autobiographical recollection
of a magical small-town summer in 1928.
Twelve-year-old Douglas Spaulding knows Green Town, Illinois, is as vast and
deep as the whole wide world that lies beyond the city limits. It is a pair of
brand-new tennis shoes, the first harvest of dandelions for Grandfather's
renowned intoxicant, the distant clang of the trolley's bell on a hazy
afternoon. It is yesteryear and tomorrow blended into an unforgettable always.
But as young Douglas is