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Five Thousand Days Like this One
Jane Brox
其他書名
An American Family History
出版G.K. Hall, 1999
主題Biography & Autobiography / GeneralSocial Science / Sociology / RuralTechnology & Engineering / Agriculture / General
ISBN078388642X9780783886428
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=wEx_gATUU7sC&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Amid the turmoil after her father's death -- family decisions to be made, the future of their farm to be settled -- Jane Brox, using her acclaimed compassion, honesty, and restraint (The Boston Globe), begins a search for her family's story. The search soon leads her to the fascinating and quintessentially American history of New England's Merrimack Valley, its farmers, and the immigrant workers caught up in the industrial textile age. At the center of Brox's family history is a poignant question: How can her own family identity -- language, food, a grandfather's wish for five thousand days like this one -- be recovered, when so few traces of former lives are left? Jane Brox has given us a celebration of an American place that is steeped in family, community, and a joyful and compassionate collective history.