Bibliograph

Home town, Tracy Kidder

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Home town, Tracy Kidder

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-349)

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Home town

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

40675143

Responsibility statement

Tracy Kidder

Summary

" ... Kidder reveals the sheer abundance of life contained within a town's narrow boundaries. Does the kind of small town that many Americans came from, and long for, still exist? Kidder says yes, although not quite in the form we may imagine. A book about civilization in microcosm ..."--Jacket

Table Of Contents

Townie -- The morning polka -- A restraining order -- A moral place -- Hands -- Hunting -- Sanctuary -- Too cold for crime -- Tearless, eager and longing eyes -- Plain Miss Smith -- Total, mindless joy -- I could do this stuff -- The witness list -- Public works -- Meaning well -- The caretaker -- The application -- The trial -- Milton -- The farewell sermon -- Willoughby gap -- Karma -- Free at last -- The judge

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