The Distancers: An American Memoir

Author: Lee Sandlin
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
Category: Biography: General, Biography: Historical, Political & Military, Memoirs, History Of The Americas, Social & Cultural History, Genealogy, Heraldry, Names & Honours, Ethnic Studies
Book Format: Paperback

In The Distancers, seven generations worth of joy and heartache is 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.

About 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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SKU BK-9780345806765
Barcode # 9780345806765
Brand Random House USA Inc
Artist / Author Lee Sandlin
Shipping Weight 0.2400kg
Shipping Width 0.130m
Shipping Height 0.020m
Shipping Length 0.200m
Assembled Length 20.300m
Assembled Height 1.900m
Assembled Width 13.400m
Type Paperback

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