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People/Characters: George Kern

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Titles	Order
Olinger Stories: A Selection by John Updike	"Pigeon Feathers"
Pigeon feathers and other stories by John Updike	"Pigeon Feathers"

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Dr. Pennypacker

unnamed narrator's grandfather

the blessed man of Boston

unnamed narrator's father

unnamed husband

the doctor's wife

unnamed lifeguard

unnamed narrator's grandmother

David Kern's mother

David Kern's father

Marquesans on Fanning Island

unnamed narrator's mother

"our Lutheran minister"

Robert's father

Lillian Baer Dow

Catharine Miller

Judith Potteiger

Jack Fredericks

Professor Seabright

Robert's mother

Alexandros Koundouriotis

Kenneth Bentley

Elsie Kern's father

Elsie Kern's mother

Related book awards

"Pigeon Feathers" selected for "The Best American Short Stories 1962."

"The Doctor's Wife" selected for "O. Henry Prize Stories 1962."

"Wife-wooing" selected for "O. Henry Prize Stories 1961."

New York Times bestseller

National Book Award finalist

Related places

Alton [Reading], Pennsylvania, USA

Firetown [Plowville], Pennsylvania, USA

Olinger [Shillington], Pennsylvania, USA

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DisassemblyOfReason (8), jensenmk82 (2)

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