| Hole in the Sky: A Memoir Contributor(s): Kittredge, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 0679740066 ISBN-13: 9780679740063 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1993 Annotation: William Kittredge's stunning memoir is at once autobiography, a family chronicle, and a Westerner's settling of accounts with the land he grew up in. This is the story of a grandfather whose single-minded hunger for property won him a ranch the size of Delaware but estranged him from his family; of a father who farmed with tractors and drainage ditches but consorted with movie stars; and of Kittredge himself, who was raised by cowboys and saw them become obsolete, who floundered through three marriages, hard drinking, and madness before becoming a writer. Host hauntingly, Hole in the Sky is an honest reckoning of the American myth that drove generations of Americans westward -- and what became of their dream after they reached the edge. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 92050599 |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 6.02" W x 8.76" (0.74 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Pacific Northwest - Demographic Orientation - Rural |