The Resource Flyover lives : a memoir, Diane Johnson
Flyover lives : a memoir, Diane Johnson
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The item Flyover lives : a memoir, Diane Johnson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Memorial Hall Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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The item Flyover lives : a memoir, Diane Johnson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Memorial Hall Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "From the New York Times bestselling author of Le Divorce, a dazzling meditation on the mysteries of the "wispy but material" family ghosts who shape us. Growing up in the small river town of Moline, Illinois, Diane Johnson always dreamed of floating down the Mississippi and off to see the world. Years later, at home in France, a French friend teases her: 'Indifference to history--that's why you Americans seem so naive and don't really know where you're from.' The j'accuse stayed with Johnson. Were Americans indifferent to history? Her own family seemed always to have been in the Midwest. Surely they had got there from somewhere? In digging around, she discovers letters and memoirs written by generations of stalwart pioneer ancestors that testify to more complex times than the derisive nickname 'The Flyover' gives the region credit for. With the acuity and sympathy that her novels are known for, she captures the magnetic pull of home against our lust for escape and self-invention. This spellbinding memoir will appeal to fans of Bill Bryson, Patricia Hampl, and Annie Dillard"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xviii. 263 pages
- Contents
-
- I. In France
- A Weekend with the General
- II. Flyover Country
- Moline, pop. 34,000
- My Moline
- Myopia
- Pastimes
- Economies
- Books
- III. Eighteenth-Century Beginnings
- How We All Descend from Greatness
- Ranna
- Anne and God
- Huts
- 1800
- John Perkins Too Sees God
- Some Stories from the Life of Catharine Perkins
- The Story of Catharine Continued
- The Inappropriate Letter
- Catharine's Romance
- The Affair of the Locket
- Rascals
- The Elusive Eleazer
- Wedding Journey
- Bloomingburg
- Women's Work : Quilts
- Eleazer the Doctor
- Sorrow
- Depression
- Wars
- IV. Modern Days
- Watseka, Chenoa
- Rich in Uncles
- Summer
- In God We Trusted...
- The Dark Shadow
- Flyover
- Mademoiselle
- California
- Writer
- Silver Screen
- Uncle Bill
- Divorce
- London
- Emancipation Proclamation
- Defeat
- Yellow Morgan
- Chagrin
- Epilogue
- Isbn
- 9780670016402
- Label
- Flyover lives : a memoir
- Title
- Flyover lives
- Title remainder
- a memoir
- Statement of responsibility
- Diane Johnson
- Subject
-
- Middle West -- Biography
- Novelists, American -- Biography
- Home -- Middle West
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
- Middle West -- Social life and customs
- Johnson, Diane, 1934- -- Family
- Moline (Ill.) -- Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- Pioneers -- Middle West -- Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "From the New York Times bestselling author of Le Divorce, a dazzling meditation on the mysteries of the "wispy but material" family ghosts who shape us. Growing up in the small river town of Moline, Illinois, Diane Johnson always dreamed of floating down the Mississippi and off to see the world. Years later, at home in France, a French friend teases her: 'Indifference to history--that's why you Americans seem so naive and don't really know where you're from.' The j'accuse stayed with Johnson. Were Americans indifferent to history? Her own family seemed always to have been in the Midwest. Surely they had got there from somewhere? In digging around, she discovers letters and memoirs written by generations of stalwart pioneer ancestors that testify to more complex times than the derisive nickname 'The Flyover' gives the region credit for. With the acuity and sympathy that her novels are known for, she captures the magnetic pull of home against our lust for escape and self-invention. This spellbinding memoir will appeal to fans of Bill Bryson, Patricia Hampl, and Annie Dillard"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1934-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Johnson, Diane
- Dewey number
-
- 813/.54
- B
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3560.O3746
- LC item number
- Z46 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Johnson, Diane
- Moline (Ill.)
- Pioneers
- Home
- Middle West
- Middle West
- Novelists, American
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
- Label
- Flyover lives : a memoir, Diane Johnson
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- I. In France -- A Weekend with the General -- II. Flyover Country -- Moline, pop. 34,000 -- My Moline -- Myopia -- Pastimes -- Economies -- Books -- III. Eighteenth-Century Beginnings -- How We All Descend from Greatness -- Ranna -- Anne and God -- Huts -- 1800 -- John Perkins Too Sees God -- Some Stories from the Life of Catharine Perkins -- The Story of Catharine Continued -- The Inappropriate Letter -- Catharine's Romance -- The Affair of the Locket -- Rascals -- The Elusive Eleazer -- Wedding Journey -- Bloomingburg -- Women's Work : Quilts -- Eleazer the Doctor -- Sorrow -- Depression -- Wars -- IV. Modern Days -- Watseka, Chenoa -- Rich in Uncles -- Summer -- In God We Trusted... -- The Dark Shadow -- Flyover -- Mademoiselle -- California -- Writer -- Silver Screen -- Uncle Bill -- Divorce -- London -- Emancipation Proclamation -- Defeat -- Yellow Morgan -- Chagrin -- Epilogue
- Control code
- 1446105
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- xviii. 263 pages
- Isbn
- 9780670016402
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2013036808
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1446105
- (OCoLC)849719158
- Label
- Flyover lives : a memoir, Diane Johnson
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- I. In France -- A Weekend with the General -- II. Flyover Country -- Moline, pop. 34,000 -- My Moline -- Myopia -- Pastimes -- Economies -- Books -- III. Eighteenth-Century Beginnings -- How We All Descend from Greatness -- Ranna -- Anne and God -- Huts -- 1800 -- John Perkins Too Sees God -- Some Stories from the Life of Catharine Perkins -- The Story of Catharine Continued -- The Inappropriate Letter -- Catharine's Romance -- The Affair of the Locket -- Rascals -- The Elusive Eleazer -- Wedding Journey -- Bloomingburg -- Women's Work : Quilts -- Eleazer the Doctor -- Sorrow -- Depression -- Wars -- IV. Modern Days -- Watseka, Chenoa -- Rich in Uncles -- Summer -- In God We Trusted... -- The Dark Shadow -- Flyover -- Mademoiselle -- California -- Writer -- Silver Screen -- Uncle Bill -- Divorce -- London -- Emancipation Proclamation -- Defeat -- Yellow Morgan -- Chagrin -- Epilogue
- Control code
- 1446105
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- xviii. 263 pages
- Isbn
- 9780670016402
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2013036808
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1446105
- (OCoLC)849719158
Subject
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
- Home -- Middle West
- Johnson, Diane, 1934- -- Family
- Middle West -- Biography
- Middle West -- Social life and customs
- Moline (Ill.) -- Biography
- Novelists, American -- Biography
- Pioneers -- Middle West -- Biography
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