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A Mother's Tale

James Agee

First published April 1971
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

A calf asks his mother where the herdsmen are taking all the other cows. She tells what she knows of their final destination from an ancestor known as The One Who Came Back.

First published in Harper's Bazaar, July 1952.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
April 1971 Cover Eco-Fiction Washington Square Press Anthology 32
August 1980 50 Great American Short Stories Bantam Books Anthology 415