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Generations : An American Family by John Egerton (2003, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity Press of Kentucky
ISBN-100813190592
ISBN-139780813190594
eBay Product ID (ePID)2493060
Product Key Features
Number of Pages384 Pages
Publication NameGenerations : an American Family
LanguageEnglish
SubjectUnited States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), General
Publication Year2003
TypeTextbook
AuthorJohn Egerton
Subject AreaBiography & Autobiography, History
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight20 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number20
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2003-283399
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"In Egerton's hands, their story becomes a small American epic.... Generations illustrates the power of memory and the spoken word.... His accomplishment is as durable and as loving as the Ledfords' lives.-- Washington Post" -- Washington Post, An exemplary work of oral history.... This anniversary edition invites a new audience to the pleasures of local and regional history as interpreted by a master journalist through the voices of those who lived it., "An exemplary work of oral history.... This anniversary edition invites a new audience to the pleasures of local and regional history as interpreted by a master journalist through the voices of those who lived it." -- Lexington Herald-Leader, In Egerton's hands, the Ledfords' memoirs are a tale of America itself: a social history that not only gets to the heart of being American, but, for an anthropological standpoint, also describes the way meaning is transmitted and preserved within social groups., A chronicle of the Ledfords that invites us all to contemplate a realistic picture of how--family by family, homestead by village by city--our multifaceted country came to be., "In Egerton's hands, the Ledfords' memoirs are a tale of America itself: a social history that not only gets to the heart of being American, but, for an anthropological standpoint, also describes the way meaning is transmitted and preserved within social groups.-- Nashville Scene" -- Nashville Scene, "Egerton's technique of taking the reader through the process of writing the book with the Ledfords gives the reader a glimpse of the subjects' thought processes, attitudes, intelligence and wit. Burnam and Addie Ledford left us all a history that is at once unique to them and quintessentially Kentuckian." -- Kentucky Monthly, "Egerton urges us to recall, record, write down and remember the tales and traditions that make us the people we are.-- Nashville Tennessean" -- Nashville Tennessean, "In Egerton's hands, the Ledfords' memoirs are a tale of America itself: a social history that not only gets to the heart of being American, but, for an anthropological standpoint, also describes the way meaning is transmitted and preserved within social groups." -- Nashville Scene, In Egerton's hands, their story becomes a small American epic.... Generations illustrates the power of memory and the spoken word.... His accomplishment is as durable and as loving as the Ledfords' lives., "Egerton urges us to recall, record, write down and remember the tales and traditions that make us the people we are." -- Nashville Tennessean, There is no way to read this book without coming away with a deeper appreciation of what America is all about., Egerton's technique of taking the reader through the process of writing the book with the Ledfords gives the reader a glimpse of the subjects' thought processes, attitudes, intelligence and wit. Burnam and Addie Ledford left us all a history that is at once unique to them and quintessentially Kentuckian., Egerton urges us to recall, record, write down and remember the tales and traditions that make us the people we are., "An exemplary work of oral history.... This anniversary edition invites a new audience to the pleasures of local and regional history as interpreted by a master journalist through the voices of those who lived it.-- Lexington Herald-Leader" -- Lexington Herald-Leader, "There is no way to read this book without coming away with a deeper appreciation of what America is all about." -- Nashville Tennessean, "There is no way to read this book without coming away with a deeper appreciation of what America is all about.-- Nashville Tennessean" -- Nashville Tennessean, "A chronicle of the Ledfords that invites us all to contemplate a realistic picture of how -- family by family, homestead by village by city -- our multifaceted country came to be.-- Chevy Chaser" -- Chevy Chaser, "In Egerton's hands, their story becomes a small American epic.... Generations illustrates the power of memory and the spoken word.... His accomplishment is as durable and as loving as the Ledfords' lives." -- Washington Post, "A chronicle of the Ledfords that invites us all to contemplate a realistic picture of how -- family by family, homestead by village by city -- our multifaceted country came to be." -- Chevy Chaser, "Egerton's technique of taking the reader through the process of writing the book with the Ledfords gives the reader a glimpse of the subjects' thought processes, attitudes, intelligence and wit. Burnam and Addie Ledford left us all a history that is at once unique to them and quintessentially Kentuckian.-- Kentucky Monthly" -- Kentucky Monthly
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal929/.2/0973
Edition DescriptionAnniversary
SynopsisWinner of the 1984 Lillian Smith Award The saga of the Ledfords of Lancaster, Kentucky, Generations transcends family biography to become a social history of our national experience, a metaphor of America. This twentieth anniversary edition brings the Ledfords' remarkable story up to date., Winner of the 1984 Lillian Smith Award The saga of the Ledfords of Lancaster, Kentucky, Generations transcends family biography to become a social history of our national experience, a metaphor of America. This twentieth anniversary edition brings the Ledfords' remarkable story up to date.|9780813190594|
LC Classification NumberCT274
