The Quarry (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780803297791)

In this family saga, generations mine the Vermont earth and come to rest in it. Lyman Converse is too young to fight in the Civil War, but he lives to see his own son enlist in World War I. Through all the years his closest friend is Easy, an escaped black slave who took refuge in his father's house. Everything Converse values most is gradually lost to time, including the family-owned soapstone quarry. The Quarry invites readers to escape into private lives worth caring about--and to feel the national history that they could not escape. Originally published in 1947 and considered one of Mildred Walker's richest novels, The Quarry is introduced by Ripley Hugo, Walker's daughter. Hugo edited, with James Welch, The Real West Marginal Way: A Poet's Autobiography by Richard Hugo.

Author: Mildred Walker
ISBN-10: 0803297793
ISBN-13: 9780803297791
Publisher: Bison Books
Language: English
Published: 08/01/1995
Pages: 341
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 7.95h x 5.29w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 12/01/1995 pg. 165