The Flock - Couverture souple

University Of Nevada Press

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0874173558 ISBN 13 : 9780874173550

Editeur : University of Nevada Press, 2001

Synopsis

This classic novel, first published in 1906 and based on Mary Austin's own experiences, captures the way of life of shepherds in the Sierra. Austin blends natural history, politics, and allegory in a genre-blurring narrative, championing local shepherds in their losing battle against the quickly developing tourist business in the Western Sierra during the nineteenth century. Austin had met many shepherds while visiting the Tejon ranches of Edward Beale and Henry Miller, and cultivated relationships with men others often thought of as ignorant, unambitious, and dirty, listening closely to their stories. Her neighbors were scandalized, but Austin respected the shepherds' ways of thinking. Rather than portray these shepherds' lives as part of a romantic bygone era, in this novel, she instead positions them as exemplifying potentially radical ways of living in and thinking about the world. Afterword by Barney Nelson.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Mary Austin (1868-1934) wrote more than 30 books during her career, including Land of Little Rain(1903) and Lost Borders (1909). Born in Carlinsville, Illinois, Mary Austin eventually ventured west with her brother and widowed mother to homestead in California. Throughout her essays, poems, plays, and stories, she focused on environmental issues and the relationship between individual experience and cultural histories.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Nevada Press
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0874173558
• ISBN 13: 9780874173550
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 328
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• Personne responsable: non disponible