Goodbye to a River: A Narrative [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

Graves, John

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ISBN 10: 0375727787 ISBN 13: 9780375727788

Casa editrice: Vintage, 2002

Riassunto

In an evocative travel narrative, the author recounts his three-week journey down the Brazos River in an attempt to recapture its colorful past, describing the history and events that shaped the people and environment of the region during the frontier era. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“John Graves’s writing is invaluable. . . . The reader who misses Graves will have missed much.” --Larry McMurtry

“As you read, you have the feeling that the whole colorful, brutal tapestry of the Lone Star State is being unrolled for you out of the biography of this one stream.” —The Atlantic Monthly

“Graves’ originality and flair turn this local scene and regional lore into an hoest and powerfully evocative picture of frontier life anywhere.” —The Chicago Sunday Tribune

“One of the most pleasing books I’ve ever read. I love the way it weaves together remote history, not so remote history, present events, and landscape.”—Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, author of The Hidden Life of Dogs

L'autore:

John Graves was born in Texas and educated at Rice University and Columbia University. He published a number of books, chiefly concerned with his home region, including Goodbye to a River, From a Limestone Ledge, Hard Scrabble, and Myself and Strangers. He died in 2013 in Glen Rose, Texas.

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• Editore: Vintage
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0375727787
• ISBN 13: 9780375727788
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 320