Goodbye to a River: A Narrative (Vintage Departures) [Idioma Inglés] - Softcover

Graves, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0375727787 ISBN 13: 9780375727788

Verlag: Vintage, 2002

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Texto en inglés. Tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Como nuevo. In the 1950s, a series of dams was proposed along the Brazos River in north-central Texas. For John Graves, this project meant that if the stream"s regimen was thus changed, the beautiful and sometimes brutal surrounding countryside would also change, as would the lives of the people whose rugged ancestors had eked out an existence there. Graves therefore decided to visit that stretch of the river, which he had known intimately as

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"John Graves's writing is invaluable. . . . The reader who misses Graves will have missed much." --Larry McMurtry

"As you read, you have the feeling that the whole colorful, brutal tapestry of the Lone Star State is being unrolled for you out of the biography of this one stream." --The Atlantic Monthly

"Graves' originality and flair turn this local scene and regional lore into an hoest and powerfully evocative picture of frontier life anywhere." --The Chicago Sunday Tribune

"One of the most pleasing books I've ever read. I love the way it weaves together remote history, not so remote history, present events, and landscape."--Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, author of The Hidden Life of Dogs

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In an evocative travel narrative, the author recounts his three-week journey down the Brazos River in an attempt to recapture its colorful past, describing the history and events that shaped the people and environment of the region during the frontier era. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.

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• Verlag: Vintage
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0375727787
• ISBN 13: 9780375727788
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 320