Robert Scott Mckinnon (30 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Tom Quinn (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Trade paperback. Light wear to covers. Clean, crisp copy. Content pages are clean and unmarked. 231 pages. Tom Quinn (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Entire book is very clean, square at the edges and tightly bound. No obvious flaws except for very faint edge wear to exterior. Tom Quinn (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Entire book is very clean, square along the edges/corners, and tightly bound. Exterior corners are faintly bumped; no flaws evident. Tom Quinn (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Entire book is very clean, square along the edges, and tightly bound. Tom Quinn (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Revised Edition. Clean tight copy. Pictorial cover with black lettering has slight indentations where someone used it for a writing base. An abandoned greyhound puppy, a wounded Canadian goose, and a young track and field athlete form a partnership that becomes famous throughout Montana. An hilarious story of the three. Signed on title page. Quinn, Tom (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Condition: Good. 1975 EDITION. GOOD DJ IS COVERED IN MYLAR. SOLID EX-LIBRARY COPY WITH SOME OF THE USUAL MARKINGS AND WEAR BUT MISSING TITLE PAGE. FICTION. 6'' X 8.5''. WE USE BUBBLE MAILERS.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 85 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.22 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 112 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.28 inches. In Stock. Quinn, Tom (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 107 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.27 inches. In Stock. Quinn, Tom (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 127 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.32 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 125 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.32 inches. In Stock. Quinn, Tom (illustrator).

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardback. Condition: Good. No dust wrapper. 1975. Fiction about an elk, his mate and a camel calf in Yellowstone. Signed by the author and illustrator 181. Signed by the author and illustrator.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 172 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.43 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardbound in price clipped dust jacket. 1st edition. Foxing to end pages, previous owner's name written on the front free end page, otherwise very good. David Maloney (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 99 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.25 inches. In Stock. Quinn, Tom (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. First Edition. Montana author with Montana setting to story. Binding tight, interior clean. Previous owner identification inside front board. Blue boards with gilt lettering on front and spine. Water stain on edge of outside front board. Mild bumping and wear along spine and bottom corners. 159pp text. Culfogienis, Angie (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 271 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.68 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 241 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.55 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 200 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 235 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.59 inches. In Stock. Maxwell, Zoe (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 229 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.58 inches. In Stock. Quinn, Tom (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Tom Quinn (illustrator).

Condition: New. Print on Demand. Quinn, Tom (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 2nd edition. 262 pages. 8.00x5.25x0.60 inches. This item is printed on demand.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Who would have thought, that trumpet, trombone, clarinet, banjo, piano, tuba, and drums would produce a noise anybody would find "attractive." Or, in Dixieland jargon, TASTY. Following the civil war, in New Orleans, marching band instruments became available, and what to do with them? Well, one idea, maybe pick up a few bucks, march and play on the way to the burial grounds with a corpse and family and friends, play a few tunes such as The Saints go Marching In, or Oh How He Did Ramble .One problem surfaced, however, with this small marching band inspiration . no bottom. The tuba player complained about his hernia truss, the piano was really tough to push down the street, especially those cobblestone streets, and a snare drum tapping away, you couldn't hear it, drowned out by the other instruments, and nobody had invented a strap for the banjo player and nobody could afford to hire two chair arrangers for when the parade came to a stop, a chair for the banjo and a chair for the tuba. The piano, however, was the real problem. Some of the best minds of the period attempted to figure out how to include a piano in a funeral parade, but nothing ever came of it. Dixieland tunes offer from time to time some really questionable lyrics . and titles. Why? Because the funeral bands ended up in a house of ill-repute because that's where the piano resided. And the place had chairs, among other things. You don't have to be a musician, or have attended a jazz festival, or have ever dabbled in music, or have played in an orchestra or band, or the like, to recognize the satire and silly situations in Drooling Banjos (and all that jazz). Robert Scott McKinnon has played his banjo for sixty years. Pre banjo, he had a classical violin and piano background. He has had three musicals produced at the University and amateur theatre level. He has been through the banjo mania of Shakey's Pizza and the rise and fall of Dixieland festivals. The banjo, debatably, is America's only native instrument. Folk, Irish, country, popular, patriotic, Dixieland, sing-along . it comes by many names, plectrum, claw-hammer, country, blue-grass, tenor. Banjo tunings, for instance, vary greatly. Types of banjos vary. McKinnon plays a plectrum tuned like a violin, although all four strings, G D A E, the G is pulled up an octave so that all strings are surrounding middle C on the piano . in the style of a tenor. McKinnon's first story "The Sub," is based on a true event. McKinnon taught high school English, and one day, on a break, a music teacher's sub, a long-time friend, rushes out the band room, finds McKinnon on hall duty and gushes: "You would not believe what just happened to me . This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Quinn, Tom (illustrator). …