Boomer - Railroad Memoirs

Informationen zum Autor Linda G. Niemann, introduction by Leslie Marmon Silko Klappentext In honest, clean prose, Niemann treks off the beaten path and into the forgotten places along the rail lines, finding true American characters with colorful pasts-and her true self as well. Zusammenfassung One woman's unconventional path to self-discovery Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction to the Indiana edition by Leslie Marmon Silko 1.Breaking In 2.Under the Freeways 3.Boomer in a Boom Town 4.Brakettes Invade Tucson 5.Pasadena Gothic 6.The Monterey Local 7.This is the Place 8.Cadillac Ranch 9.The Pass to the North 10.Down the Line 11.Versions of Home 12.A Road to Ride 13.Northline 14.Shasta 15.End of Track Glossary

Product details

• Authors: Linda G Niemann, Linda G. Niemann, Niemann Linda G, Leslie Marmon Silko
• Assisted by: Introduction by Leslie Marmon Silko Lind (Editor)
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.04.2011
• EAN: 9780253222831
• ISBN: 978-0-253-22283-1
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Railroads Past and Present (Pa; Railroads Past and Present; Indiana University Press; Railroads Past and Present (Pa
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, Biography / Autobiography