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The Rockies in first person : a critical study of recent American memoirs from the region
- Title
- The Rockies in first person : a critical study of recent American memoirs from the region / Ron McFarland.
- Author
- McFarland, Ronald E.
- Publication
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2008], ©2008.
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- Description
- ix, 209 pages : map; 23 cm
- Summary
- "This study focuses on 10 memoirs from the northern U.S. Rockies. By comparing memoirs representing states that share similar demographic and socio-economic characteristics, this historic and literary analysis reveals both commonalities and divergences among American Western memoirs"--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-202) and index.
- Contents
- The genre of the self -- The context of northern Rockies memoir -- Ivan Doig and Mark Spragg : fathers and sons in place -- Mary Clearman Blew's and Teresa Jordan's Western family albums -- Coming to womanhood with Kim Barnes and Judy Blunt -- The Indian lives of Sidner J. Larson and Janet Campbell Hale -- The ecomemoirs of William Kittredge and Terry Tempest Williams -- Conclusions and speculations.
- ISBN
- 9780786437177 (softcover : alk. paper)
- 0786437170 (softcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2008016242
- 40015561271
- OCLC
- ocn182656603
- 182656603
- SCSB-5414970
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries