River of Earth (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780813113722)

" First published in 1940, James Still's masterful novel has become a classic. It is the story, seen through the eyes of a boy, of three years in the life of his family and their kin. He sees his parents pulled between the meager farm with its sense of independence and the mining camp with its uncertain promise of material prosperity. In his world privation, violence, and death are part of everyday life, accepted and endured. Yet it is a world of dignity, love, and humor, of natural beauty which

Author: James Still
ISBN-10: 0813113725
ISBN-13: 9780813113722
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English
Published: 12/31/1978
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 8.53h x 5.59w x 0.56d