A Place Called Home: Writings on the Midwestern Small Town

The dynamic Midwestern small town---from its idyllic beginnings to its imminent decline--explored and celebrated in thirty-four selections of cultural history, fiction, and poetry, both classic and contemporary.

Author: Richard O. Davies
Publisher: Borealis Books
Published: 03/10/2003
Pages: 445
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.47lbs
Size: 9.06h x 5.98w x 1.31d
ISBN: 9780873514514
Award: Minnesota Book Award - Winner

About the Author
Pichaske, David R.: - DAVID R. PICHASKE is professor of English literature at Southwest State University. He is a specialist in the literature of the rural Midwest and is the editor of Late Harvest: Rural American Writing and author of A Generation in Motion: Popular Music and Culture in the Sixties.Amato, Joseph a.: - JOSEPH A. AMATO is professor of Rural and Regional Studies at Southwest State University in Marshall, Minnesota. He is the author of numerous books, including Dust: A History of the Small and the Invisible, The Great Jerusalem Artichoke Circus: The Buying and Selling of the American Dream, and, most recently, Rethinking Home: A Case for Writing Local History.

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