The Distancers: An American Memoir
An American Memoir
$28.75
- Paperback
193 pages
- Release Date
15 August 2013
Summary
In The Distancers, seven generations worth of joy and heartache are artfully forged into a family portrait that is at once universally American yet singularly Lee Sandlin’s own. From the nineteenth-century German immigrants who settled on a small Midwestern farm, to the proud and upright aunts and uncles with whom Sandlin spent the summers of his youth, a whole history of quiet ambition and stoic pride—of successes, failures, and above all endurance—leaps off the page in a sweeping American family epic. Touching on The Great Depression, WWII, and the American immigrant experience, The Distancers is a beautiful and stark Midwestern drama, about a time and place long since vanished, where the author learned the value of family and the art of keeping one’s distance.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780345806765 |
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| ISBN-10: | 034580676X |
| Author: | Lee Sandlin |
| Publisher: | Vintage Books |
| Imprint: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 193 |
| Release Date: | 15 August 2013 |
| Weight: | 231g |
| Dimensions: | 17mm x 120mm x 214mm |
| Series: | Vintage Originals |
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Critics Review
Praise for Storm Kings “The awe and terror that American weather inspired in early settlers is one of the most compelling motifs of Lee Sandlin’s compulsively readable Storm Kings… . [A] cautionary tale about the frequently unpredictable role that weather continues to play in our lives.”–Christian Science Monitor
“Using his skills as a brilliant storyteller, Lee Sandlin places the reader in the middle of a storm, where he becomes an eyewitness to the helplessness, fear, destruction, and psychological aftermath of tornados.”–New York Journal of Books
Praise for Wicked River
“Sandlin has reclaimed a precious piece of our history.” –American Scholar
“In this lush, exuberant, action-packed and history-drenched book, Sandlin has brought the river back home again… . A vivid torrent of facts and passions, in an inspired agitation of water and words… . Wicked River is the best kind of history book.”–Chicago Tribune
Lee Sandlin
Lee Sandlin is the author of Wicked River, Storm Kings, and The Distancers. He was also an award-winning journalist, essayist, and book reviewer for The Wall Street Journal. Born in Wildwood, Illinois, he grew up in the suburbs of Chicago. He died in 2014.
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