The Resource Letters to the editor : two hundred years in the life of an American town :, edited by Gerard Stropnicky ... [et al.]
Letters to the editor : two hundred years in the life of an American town :, edited by Gerard Stropnicky ... [et al.]
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- Summary
- The voices of America's past and present live on in this timeless portrayal of small-town America, which, through two hundred years of letters to one town's newspapers, evokes the most memorable moments in our history and the passions they engendered. Since the days of the Founding Fathers, the citizens of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, have recorded their impressions of such dramatic events of national significance as the ratification of the Bill of Rights, the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, the rise of Andrew Carnegie, the assassinations of President John F. and Senator Robert Kennedy, and the Clarence Thomas hearings -- as well as their opinions on genuinely local concerns like building good schools and roads, seeing the sights at the Bloomsburg Fair, romantic intrigue in a trailer park, and finding a home for a lonely puppy. By turns hilarious and contemplative, here is a book so genuinely representative of the American experience that each page will bring memories of home and family, friends and neighbors, and our own hometowns sharply -- and honestly -- into focus. Beneath it all, Letters to the Editor is about how a community negotiates with itself, how it talks and how it listens.
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 255 p.
- Note
-
- "A Touchstone original"--Cover
- "A Touchstone book."
- Isbn
- 9780684848532
- Label
- Letters to the editor : two hundred years in the life of an American town :
- Title
- Letters to the editor
- Title remainder
- two hundred years in the life of an American town :
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Gerard Stropnicky ... [et al.]
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The voices of America's past and present live on in this timeless portrayal of small-town America, which, through two hundred years of letters to one town's newspapers, evokes the most memorable moments in our history and the passions they engendered. Since the days of the Founding Fathers, the citizens of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, have recorded their impressions of such dramatic events of national significance as the ratification of the Bill of Rights, the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, the rise of Andrew Carnegie, the assassinations of President John F. and Senator Robert Kennedy, and the Clarence Thomas hearings -- as well as their opinions on genuinely local concerns like building good schools and roads, seeing the sights at the Bloomsburg Fair, romantic intrigue in a trailer park, and finding a home for a lonely puppy. By turns hilarious and contemplative, here is a book so genuinely representative of the American experience that each page will bring memories of home and family, friends and neighbors, and our own hometowns sharply -- and honestly -- into focus. Beneath it all, Letters to the Editor is about how a community negotiates with itself, how it talks and how it listens.
- Assigning source
- Amazon.com
- Cataloging source
- TXI
- Form designation
- advance uncorrected reader's proof from Touchstone Books
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Label
- Letters to the editor : two hundred years in the life of an American town :, edited by Gerard Stropnicky ... [et al.]
- Note
-
- "A Touchstone original"--Cover
- "A Touchstone book."
- Control code
- 800410099
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 255 p.
- Isbn
- 9780684848532
- Note
- Library's copy 1 (SW Writers): Forms part of: Molly Ivins Personal Library Collection. Gift of Andrew Ivins, 2009 (Access. No. 2009-022). Items laid in: TLS from Denise Roy, Simon & Schuster, to Molly Ivins, 5 February 1998 (1 sheet); col. facsimile of final cover (1 sheet). Bound in printed grey wrappers.
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
- (OCoLC)800410099
- Label
- Letters to the editor : two hundred years in the life of an American town :, edited by Gerard Stropnicky ... [et al.]
- Note
-
- "A Touchstone original"--Cover
- "A Touchstone book."
- Control code
- 800410099
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 255 p.
- Isbn
- 9780684848532
- Note
- Library's copy 1 (SW Writers): Forms part of: Molly Ivins Personal Library Collection. Gift of Andrew Ivins, 2009 (Access. No. 2009-022). Items laid in: TLS from Denise Roy, Simon & Schuster, to Molly Ivins, 5 February 1998 (1 sheet); col. facsimile of final cover (1 sheet). Bound in printed grey wrappers.
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
- (OCoLC)800410099
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