The Heart of Things by John Hildebrand

The Heart of Things by John Hildebrand

I ve never believed that living in one place means being one thing all the time, condemned like Minnie Pearl to wear the same hat for every performance. Life is more complicated than that.
In this remarkable book of days, John Hildebrand charts the overlapping ringshome, town, countrysideof life in the Midwest. Like E. B. White, Hildebrand locates the humor and drama in ordinary life: church suppers, Friday night football, outdoor weddings, garden compost, family reunions, roadside memorials, camouflage clothing. In these wry, sharply observed essays, the Midwest isn t The Land Time Forgot but a more complicated (and vastly more interesting) place where the good life awaits once we figure exactly out what it means. From his home range in northwestern Wisconsin, Hildebrand attempts to do just that by boiling down a calendar year to its rich marrow of weather, animals, family, homein other words, all the things that matter.

Hildebrand, John: - John Hildebrand's nonfiction has appeared in Harper's Magazine, Audubon, Sports Illustrated, Harrowsmith, and The Missouri Review. He is the author of Mapping the Farm: The Chronicle of a Family (Minnesota Historical Society Press) and Reading the River: A Voyage Down the Yukon. He teaches at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and has recently built a cabin in northern Wisconsin.

SKU	Nicht verfügbar
ISBN 13	9780870206726
ISBN 10	0870206729
Titel	The Heart of Things
Autor	John Hildebrand
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	Wisconsin Historical Society Press
Erscheinungsjahr	2014-08-28
Seitenanzahl	200
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.