Winter Brothers A Season at the Edge of America

The author of This House of Sky provides a magnificent evocation of the Pacific Northwest through the diaries of James Gilchrist Swan, a settler of the region. Doig fuses parts of the Swan diaries with his own journal.

Info autore

Ivan Doig (1939-2015) was born in Montana and grew up along the Rocky Mountain Front, the dramatic landscape that has inspired much of his writing. A recipient of a lifetime Distinguished Achievement Award from the Western Literature Association, he is the author of fifteen novels and four works of nonfiction.

Riassunto

The author of This House of Sky provides a magnificent evocation of the Pacific Northwest through the diaries of James Gilchrist Swan, a settler of the region. Doig fuses parts of the Swan diaries with his own journal.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Ivan Doig
• Editore: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Lingue: Inglese
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 20.10.1982
• Categoria: Viaggi > Reportage di viaggio, racconti di viaggio > Mondo, Artide, Antartide; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia
• EAN: 9780156972154
• ISBN: 978-0-15-697215-4
• Numero di pagine: 264
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 13.5 x 20.3 cm
• Peso (della confezione): 281 g
• Categorie: Biography: general, Short Stories, Memoirs, Indigenous Peoples, Relating to indigenous peoples, Local History, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Literary essays, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Biography: historical, political and military, Literature: history and criticism, US West, US West: Pacific States, US Midwest, HISTORY: WORLD, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Personal Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Historical, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Essays, LITERARY CRITICISM: American / Regional, HISTORY: Essays, LITERARY CRITICISM: Short Stories, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Indigenous, HISTORY: Indigenous / General