The distancers : an American memoir / Lee Sandlin.
In The Distancers, seven generations worth of joy and heartache is artfully forged into a family portrait that is at once universally American yet singularly Lee Sandlin's own. From the nineteenth century German immigrants who settled on a small Midwestern farm, to the proud and upright aunts and un...
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Language: | English |
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New York :
Vintage Books, A Division of Random House, Inc.,
2013.
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Physical Description: | xix, 193 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
Format: | Book |
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In The Distancers, seven generations worth of joy and heartache is artfully forged into a family portrait that is at once universally American yet singularly Lee Sandlin's own. From the nineteenth century German immigrants who settled on a small Midwestern farm, to the proud and upright aunts and uncles with whom Sandlin spent the summers of his youth, a whole history of quiet ambition and stoic pride--of successes, failures, and above all endurance--leaps off the page in a sweeping American family epic. Touching on The Great Depression, WWII, and the American immigrant experience, the uses of proper manners, , The Distancers is a beautiful and stark Midwestern drama, about a time and place long since vanished, where the author learned the value of family and the art of keeping one's distance. |
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Note: | "A Vintage original." |
Call Number: | CT275.S2584 A3 2013 |
Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780345806765 (alk. paper) 034580676X (alk. paper) |