Goodbye, Wisconsin
Rural Wisconsin was still a wilderness in these early 1920s stories by Glenway Wescott. The distances between farms and small towns seemed great in those days. So, too, was the struggle of social order and religion against poverty, nature, and a stubborn streak of lawlessness. But the real...
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Rural Wisconsin was still a wilderness in these early 1920s stories by Glenway Wescott. The distances between farms and small towns seemed great in those days. So, too, was the struggle of social order and religion against poverty, nature, and a stubborn streak of lawlessness. But the real adventure in these stories is in Wescott’s deep understanding of human nature. His c
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9780976878179 (0976878178)
Publisher: Borderland Books
Pages no: 202
Edition language: English
Beside this temple dedicated to Fear, the Lacedaemonians have others consecrated to Death, Laughter, and similar powers.They honor Fear, not as a baleful spirit tobe propitiated, but because they regard itas the chief support of their body politic."- Plutarch, Agis and CleomenesThe stories in this c...
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