A wise boot tells of the decline of an American family during a postwar catastrophe.
First appeared in New Observations
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1988 |
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Blood and Water and Other Tales | Poseidon Press | Collection | 164 |
| August 1988 |
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Blood and Water and Other Tales | Poseidon Press / QPBC | Collection | 164 |
| February 1989 |
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Blood and Water and Other Tales | Penguin Books | Collection | 155 |
| April 1989 | Blood and Water and Other Tales | Ballantine Books | Collection | 181 | |
| May 1992 |
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Blood and Water and Other Tales | Penguin Books | Collection | |
| August 2015 |
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Blood and Water and Other Stories | Simon & Schuster | Collection |