Hole in the Sky - A Memoir
Author(s): William Kittredge
William Kittredge's stunning memoir is at once autobiography, a family chronicle, and a Westerner's settling of accounts with the land he grew up in. This is the story of a grandfather whose single-minded hunger for property won him a ranch the size of Delaware but estranged him from his family; of a father who farmed with tractors and drainage ditches but consorted with movie stars; and of Kittredge himself, who was raised by cowboys and saw them become obsolete, who floundered through three marriages, hard drinking, and madness before becoming a writer. Host hauntingly, Hole in the Sky is an honest reckoning of the American myth that drove generations of Americans westward -- and what became of their dream after they reached the edge.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- : Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- : 0.28
- : 31 May 1993
- : 1.5 Centimeters X 13 Centimeters X 20.4 Centimeters
- : books
Special Fields
- : William Kittredge
- : Paperback
- : 256