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6%OFFTom Roznowski - An American Hometown: Terre Haute, Indiana, 1927 (Quarry Books) - 9780253221292 - V9780253221292
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An American Hometown: Terre Haute, Indiana, 1927 (Quarry Books)

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Description for An American Hometown: Terre Haute, Indiana, 1927 (Quarry Books) paperback. Celebrates a bygone American era, focusing on life in 1920s Terre Haute, Indiana. Series: Quarry Books. Num Pages: 288 pages, 82 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBND; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 381. Weight in Grams: 567.

They lived "green" out of necessity—walking to work, repairing everything from worn shoes to wristwatches, recycling milk bottles and packing containers. Music was largely heard live and most residential streets had shade trees. The nearby Wabash River—a repeated subject of story and song—transported Sunday picnickers to public parks. In the form of an old-fashioned city directory, An American Hometown celebrates a bygone American era, focusing on life in 1920s Terre Haute, Indiana. With artfully drawn biographical sketches and generously illustrated histories, noted musician, historian, and storyteller Tom Roznowski not only evokes a beauty worth remembering, but also brings to light ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Quarry Books United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Quarry Books
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253221292
SKU
V9780253221292
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Tom Roznowski
Tom Roznowski, based in Bloomington, Indiana, is a writer and musician. He is host of Hometown, a radio program broadcast by NPR affiliate WFIU.

Reviews for An American Hometown: Terre Haute, Indiana, 1927 (Quarry Books)
Tom Roznowski has deployed the 1927 City Directory of Terre Haute like a mist net across time to catch a vanished place. An American Hometown is part Akenfield—Robert Blythe's portrait of an English village—and part Edgar Lee Master's Spoon River Anthology. Terre Haute, 1927, is more alive than many American cities today.
Howard Mansfield Tom Roznowski brings the lost ... Read more

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