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Hassler, Jon

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1933 - 20080320

Found in 39 Collections and/or Records:

A green journey, 1985

 Item
Identifier: 2021-012.0005
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A green journey

In A green journey, a novel by St. John's University writer-in-residence Jon Hassler, a retired schoolteacher travels to Ireland, ostensibly to look up her relatives, but also hoping to meet a man with whom she has been corresponding.

Archives copy is signed by the author.

Dates: 1985

An interview with Jon Hassler, 1990

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Identifier: 2021-011.0016
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An interview with Jon Hassler

Interview of fiction writer and St. John's University professor Jon Hassler, by Michael Powers. Includes a bibliography by Larry Dingman.

Dates: 1990

Bela Petheo Portrait, 1986; 2011

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Identifier: 2011-005.0001
Scope and Contents Bela Petheo Portrait Jon Hassler, 1986 oil on canvas. Reprinted from Book III 1976-84 (register of own work). Photocopy with explanatory note. Paper was cut vertically through note and is taped together. Jon Hassler, 1986 oil on canvas. Photocopy, with photocopy of letter from Bela Petheo to Peggy Roske, June 8, 2011. Explanatory note cut off, part missing....
Dates: 1986; 2011

Days like smoke: a Minnesota boyhood, 2021

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Identifier: 2021-011.0017
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Days like smoke: a Minnesota boyhood

Autobiography by St. John's University professor Jon Hassler. Published posthumously. Edited and with a foreword by Will Weaver.

Donated to the Archives by the publisher.

Dates: 2021

Dear James, 1993

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Identifier: 2021-012.0002
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Dear James

In Dear James, a humorous novel by St. John's University professor Jon Hassler, Agatha McGee travels to Rome after her school closes, and unexpectedly runs into an old flame.

University Archives copy inscribed by the author.

Dates: 1993

Four miles to Pinecone, 1977

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Identifier: 2021-012.0003
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Four miles to Pinecone

Four miles to Pinecone is a novel for young adults by Jon Hassler. An incident at his uncle's isolated cabin causes a sixteen-year-old to reexamine his decision to keep silent about a robbery he witnessed.

University Archives copy is inscribed by the author.

Dates: 1977

Good people-- from an author's life, 2001

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Identifier: 2021-012.0017
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Good people-- from an author's life

Good people ...from an author's life, by St. John's University English professor Jon Hassler, is nonfiction. He examines goodness in its many forms by describing people who were kind and generous to him, and by looking at some of his fictional characters. The book includes a chapter on J.F. Powers and Betty Wahl.

This copy signed by the author.

Dates: 2001

Good people-- from an author's life, 2001

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Identifier: 2021-011.0013
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Good people-- from an author's life

Good people ...from an author's life, by St. John's University English professor Jon Hassler, is nonfiction. He examines goodness in its many forms by describing people who were kind and generous to him, and by looking at some of his fictional characters. The book includes a chapter on J.F. Powers and Betty Wahl.

Dates: 2001

Grand opening, 1987

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Identifier: 2021-011.0002
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Grand opening

Grand opening is a novel by St. John's University writer-in-residence Jon Hassler. Set against the backdrop of World War II, it centers around a small Catholic family that moves from Minneapolis to smalltown Minnesota to run a grocery store. They find themselves outsiders in a divided town.

Archives copy is signed by the author.

Dates: 1987

Grand opening, 1987

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Identifier: 2021-012.0004
Scope and Contents

Grand opening

Grand opening is a novel by St. John's University writer-in-residence Jon Hassler. Set against the backdrop of World War II, it centers around a small Catholic family that moves from Minneapolis to smalltown Minnesota to run a grocery store. They find themselves outsiders in a divided town.

Dates: 1987

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Archival Object 38
Collection 1
 
Subject
1. Minnesota--Social life and customs--Fiction. 4
1. Catholics--Fiction. 2. Clergy--Fiction. 3. Minnesota--Fiction. 2
1. Catholics--Fiction. 2. Minnesota--Fiction. 3. Prejudices--Fiction. 2
1. College teachers--Fiction. 2. Fathers and sons--Fiction. 2
1. College teachers--Fiction. 2. Jazz musicians--Fiction. 3. Minnesota--Fiction. 2
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1. Hassler, Jon--Diaries. 2. Novelists, American--20th century--Diaries. 3. Staggerford (Minn. : Imaginary place) 4. Hassler, Jon. Staggerford. 5. City and town life in literature. 6. Fiction--Authorship. 2
1. Hassler, Jon--Family. 2. Hassler, Jon--Friends and associates. 3. Authors, American--20th century--Biography. 2
1. Minnesota--Fiction. 2. City and town life--Fiction. 3. Staggerford (Minn. : Imaginary place)--Fiction. 2
1. Multiple sclerosis patients--Fiction. 2. Friendship--Fiction. 3. Male friendship--Fiction. 4. Man-woman relationships--Fiction. 5. Minnesota--Fiction. 6. Medical novels. 2
1. Retired teachers--Minnesota--Fiction. 2. Older people--Fiction. 3. Old age homes--Minnesota--Fiction. 2
1. St. John's University (Collegeville, Minn.)--Pictorial works. 2. St. John's Abbey (Collegeville, Minn.)--Pictorial works. 2
1. Staggerford (Minn.: Imaginary place)--Fiction. 2. Older people--Housing--Fiction. 3. City and town life--Fiction. 4. Older women--Fiction. 5. Minnesota--Fiction. 2
1. Universities and colleges--Minnesota--Fiction. 2. Minnesota--Fiction. 2
1. Americans--Ireland--Fiction. 2. Retired teachers--Fiction. 3. Women teachers--Fiction. 4. Ireland--Fiction. 1
1. Detective and mystery stories. 2. Friendship--Fiction. 1
1. Hassler, Jon--Criticism and interpretation. 2. Middle West--In literature. 3. Country life in literature. 4. Loyalty in literature. 5. Friendship in literature. 6. Novelists, American--20th century--Biography. 1
1. Hassler, Jon--Interviews. 2. Hassler, Jon--Bibliography. 1
1. Ojibwa Indians--Juvenile fiction. 2. Identity (Psychology)--Juvenile fiction. 3. Poverty--Juvenile fiction. 4. Indian artists--Juvenile fiction. 1
1. Staggerford (Minn. : Imaginary place)--Fiction. 2. City and town life--Fiction. 3. Older women--Fiction. 4. Friendship--Fiction. 5. Minnesota--Fiction. 6. Floods--Fiction. 7. Domestic fiction. 1
1. Staggerford (Minn.: Imaginary place)--Fiction. 2. City and town life--Fiction. 3. Minnesota--Fiction. 4. Domestic fiction. 5. Mystery fiction. 1
1. Staggerford (Minn.: Imaginary place)--Fiction. 2. Teachers--Minnesota--Fiction. 1
St. John's University (Collegeville, Minn.) 1
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