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Living In The Country Growing Weird: A Deep Rural Adventure
Dennis Parks
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Description for Living In The Country Growing Weird: A Deep Rural Adventure
Paperback. In 1972, Dennis Parks, a young potter decided to move to Tuscarora, a near-abandoned mining town in remote northeastern Nevada. This is an account of his family's move to a simpler life where he created a pottery school that attracts students from around the world. Num Pages: 152 pages, 22ill. BIC Classification: 1K; BGA; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 209.
In 1972, Dennis Parks, a young potter with a promising academic career ahead of him, decided to move to Tuscarora, a near-abandoned mining town in remote northeastern Nevada. Parks and his wife were attracted to Tuscarora's isolation and beautiful setting, and they believed that it might be a wholesome environment in which to raise their two small sons. Living in the Country Growing Weird is Parks's account of his family's life in Tuscarora, a tiny settlement whose population even forty years later numbers fewer than twenty permanent residents. Parks created a pottery school that attracts students from around the world ... Read more
In 1972, Dennis Parks, a young potter with a promising academic career ahead of him, decided to move to Tuscarora, a near-abandoned mining town in remote northeastern Nevada. Parks and his wife were attracted to Tuscarora's isolation and beautiful setting, and they believed that it might be a wholesome environment in which to raise their two small sons. Living in the Country Growing Weird is Parks's account of his family's life in Tuscarora, a tiny settlement whose population even forty years later numbers fewer than twenty permanent residents. Parks created a pottery school that attracts students from around the world ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Reno, United States
ISBN
9780874174847
SKU
V9780874174847
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About Dennis Parks
Founder of the Tuscarora Pottery School, Dennis Parks has achieved international acclaim through exhibits of his work in museums world-wide. He is also a writer of technical articles, a book on ceramic technique, and poetry. Parks is one of the featured artists in Mapping the Empty: Eight Artists and Nevada.
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