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After the Fire is the story of the poet Paul Zimmers journey from his boyhood in Canton, Ohio, and his days as a soldier during atomic tests in the Nevada desert, to his many years as a writer and publisher, and the rural tranquility of his present life. Zimmer juxtaposes timeless rustic subjects wi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zimmer, Paul
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2002.
Temas:
Zimmer, Paul > Homes and haunts > Wisconsin.
Zimmer, Paul.
1900-1999
Poets, American > 20th century > Biography.
Country life > Wisconsin.
Poètes américains > 20e siècle > Biographies.
POETRY > American > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Country life.
Homes.
Intellectual life.
Manners and customs.
Poets, American.
Wisconsin > Intellectual life > 20th century.
Wisconsin > Social life and customs.
Wisconsin > Vie intellectuelle > 20e siècle.
Wisconsin > Mœurs et coutumes.
Wisconsin.
Biographies.
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Sumario:After the Fire is the story of the poet Paul Zimmers journey from his boyhood in Canton, Ohio, and his days as a soldier during atomic tests in the Nevada desert, to his many years as a writer and publisher, and the rural tranquility of his present life. Zimmer juxtaposes timeless rustic subjects with flashbacks to key moments: his first and only boxing match, his return to the France of his ancestors, his painful departure from the publishing world after forty years. These stories are full of humor and pathos, but the real center of the book is the abiding beauty of the driftless hills, the.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxvii, 229 pages)
ISBN:9780816694082
0816694087

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