Correction of Drift: A Novel in Stories

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CORRECTION OF DRIFT A NOVEL IN STORIES FC2 tuscaloosa CORRECTION OF DRIFT A NOVEL IN STORIES PAMELA RYDER The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0380 Copyright 2008 by Pamela Ryder All rights reserved First Edition Published by FC2, an imprint of the University of Alabama Press, with support provided by Florida State University and the Publications Unit of the Department of English at Illinois State University Address all editorial inquiries to: Fiction Collective Two, Florida State University, c/o English Department, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1580 ∞ The paper on which this book is printed meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48–1984 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ryder, Pamela. Correction of drift / by Pamela Ryder. — 1st ed. p. cm. ISBN-13: 978-1-57366-142-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 1-57366-142-2 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Lindbergh, Charles Augustus, 1930–1932—Kidnapping, 1932—Fiction. 2. Lindbergh, Anne Morrow, 1906–2001—Fiction. 3. Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902–1974—Fiction. 4. Hauptmann, Bruno Richard, 1899–1936—Fiction. I. Title. PS3618.Y358C67 2008 813’.6—dc22 2007039818 Book Design: Joanna Pierce and Tara Reeser Cover Design: Lou Robinson Typeface: Baskerville Produced and printed in the United States of America “Correction of Drift” appeared in Alaska Quarterly Review; “Keeper of the Cormorant” and “In the Hands of the Pigman” in Fourteen Hills; “Graveweed” in 3rd bed; “In the Sitting Room” and “Wanderlust” in Unsaid; “Captiva” in Columbia; and “Dreams, Sightings, Expressions of Sympathy” in Quarterly West. With gratitude to George Rand, Gary Lutz, Deb Olin Unferth, Brenda Mills, Lou Robinson, Sharon Goldfarb, David McLendon, George Hirschberger, Victoria Masterson, Tina Fadlalla, and the staff of the University of Alabama Press. For Gordon Lish ...