G183 The Distancers; An American Memoir
Title: The Distancers; An American Memoir Author: Lee Sandlin First copyright date: 2013 Type of book: Multi-generations, German, German-Americans, 1850s- 1990s, tales, anecdotes, Great Depression, moving, Mississippi River, faith General subject matter: A story of Lee Sandlin's ancestors from his mother's side Special features: Few black and white pictures Price: About $10.00 ISBN/ASIN: 978-0345806765 Summary: A sweeping, lush, and quintessentially American tale that is heartbreaking, hopeful, and cut from the very fabric of the heartland.A VINTAGE ORIGINAL. In The Distancers, seven generations worth of joy and heartache is artfully forged into a family portrait that is at once universally American yet singularly Lee Sandlin's own. From the nineteenth century German immigrants who settled on a small Midwestern farm, to the proud and upright aunts and uncles with whom Sandlin spent the summers of his youth, a whole history of quiet ambition and...