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Indian Summer: Musings on the Gift of Life by Pickering, Sam
by Pickering, Sam | PB | VeryGood
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller notes
- Binding
- Paperback
- Weight
- 0 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9780826215963
- Book Title
- Indian Summer : Musings on the Gift of Life
- Publisher
- University of Missouri Press
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Format
- Perfect
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.7 in
- Genre
- Literary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections
- Topic
- Literary, American / General, Essays
- Item Weight
- 12.2 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 232 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Missouri Press
ISBN-10
0826215963
ISBN-13
9780826215963
eBay Product ID (ePID)
44786823
Product Key Features
Book Title
Indian Summer : Musings on the Gift of Life
Number of Pages
232 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Literary, American / General, Essays
Publication Year
2005
Genre
Literary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections
Format
Perfect
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
12.2 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2005-002047
Reviews
"These essays aren't simply a collection of reportage. Rather, they are funny, painful, insightful, and sometimes surprising conclusions of a man who actually knows how to think--and who entices readers to join him. Part of what he thinks is that life is fascinating, if often absurd. Life, he lets us know in fresh ways, is messy and engaging, unpredictable and absolutely crawling with ambiguity and contingency. And even though it sometimes drives him nuts, he wouldn't have it any other way."-- Bill Tammeus, "These essays aren't simply a collection of reportage. Rather, they are funny, painful, insightful, and sometimes surprising conclusions of a man who actually knows how to think-and who entices readers to join him. Part of what he thinks is that life is fascinating, if often absurd. Life, he lets us know in fresh ways, is messy and engaging, unpredictable and absolutely crawling with ambiguity and contingency. And even though it sometimes drives him nuts, he wouldn't have it any other way."- Bill Tammeus
Dewey Edition
22
Grade From
College Freshman
Grade To
College Senior
Dewey Decimal
081
Synopsis
Returning to Nova Scotia every summer contributes to the illusion of smooth continuance, each summer not the first thread in a new fabric but another button on a cardigan, perhaps looser than buttons below but still familiar and comfortable. Every summer the songs of white-throated sparrows bounce from scrub like novelty tunes from the fifties. Early in the morning ravens grind woodenly. . . . No matter how slowly I jog, on the headland butterflies spring from my feet in clumps, first azures and orange crescents, then wood nymphs, and finally over the lowlands near the Beaver River outlet cabbage whites spiraling, dizzy with mating. Indian Summer is the newest collection of personal essays by Sam Pickering. In typical Pickering fashion, he seeks to capture the gift of living. He brings to the page again his family, students, and a wealth of country characters who live in places that exist only in his imagination and who wander through the stories he tells. He describes how his life has been altered by his children leaving home for college, and he ponders the changes aging brings and the things that never change. The consummate teacher, he celebrates academic life and the pleasures of the classroom. Readers will roam familiar ground with Pickering as he explores the fields and small hills of eastern Connecticut and the bogs and woods on his farm in Nova Scotia. Indian Summer celebrates hearing and seeing. Butterflies tumble across the pages, flowers bloom and wilt, and dragonflies glitter like stained glass in the sunlight. Pickering teaches us to value our words and to laugh at the world around us. His musings mirror his desire for his readers to appreciate life a little more after exploring this book., The newest collection of personal essays by Sam Pickering. In typical Pickering fashion, he seeks to capture the gift of living and to teach readers to appreciate life more.
LC Classification Number
AC8.P6624 2005
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