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Bird Cloud : A Memoir

Item

bird cloud.jpg

Title

Bird Cloud : A Memoir

Creator

Proulx, Annie

Description

Narrative of the discovery and inhabiting of the author's homestead along Wyoming's North Platte River. Memoirs from the author's youth and family life, relatives, their cultures and their mobility. Her youth across New England. Historical, archaeological, and genealogical portraits of her family, her various regions, and their people woven throughout. Vivid descriptions of natural life in the rural United States that add to several chapters on the processes of architecting, building, and getting acquainted with her Wyoming home - Bird Cloud - and its own histories. From the author of "The Shipping News," "Accordion Crimes," and several other notable works of fiction.

Source

Publisher

Scribner

Date

2011

Language

en

Type

Book

Identifier

Coverage

17th century-21st century
Wyoming
United States

ISBN

0743288807

Number of Pages

234

Place of Publication

New York, New York