The Attic
A Memoir
Published on 15. May 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
200 pages
978-1-58729-546-1 (ISBN)
Description
With The Attic he returns to the past and rediscovers more personal and universal truths as he explores the enduring legacies of home, family, and community.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Iowa
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
37 b&w photos, 1 chart
Dimensions
Height: 213 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
272 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-58729-546-1 (9781587295461)
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E-Book
03/2011
University Of Iowa Press
€24.49
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Person
Curtis Harnack grew up on a farm in Plymouth County in northwest Iowa. Professor of literature at Sarah Lawrence College from 1960 to 1971, executive director of Yaddo from 1971 to 1987, and president of the School of American Ballet from 1992 to 1997, he currently lives in New York City and still owns part of the family farm. In addition to The Attic: A Memoir, Gentlemen on the Prairie, We Have All Gone Away, he is the author of, among others, Persian Lions, Persian Lambs; Limits of the Land; Love and Be Silent; and The Work of an Ancient Hand.