
North Star Country
Meridel Le Sueur(Author)
University of Minnesota Press
Published on 1. September 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
348 pages
978-0-8166-3252-7 (ISBN)
Description
North Star Country explores country stores and county fairs, labor unions and dusty roads traveled by peddlers and truck drivers, and farms where families toil. Written in 1945 by acclaimed activist and writer Meridel Le Sueur, this unconventional history shines an uncommon light on the lives of ordinary people in the Upper Midwest.
In the tradition of James Agee and John Dos Passos, Le Sueur creates a mosaic from the fabric of everyday life, including newspapers clippings, private letters, diaries, and lyrics from popular songs. Each quotation and brief vignette opens a window to an entire lifetime or a way of life. North Star Country highlights the struggles of American Indians and offers a fresh sensibility, untangling the history of the Upper Midwest, sorting it out and returning it to the common people, to common readers.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Minnesota
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 201 mm
Width: 135 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
408 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8166-3252-7 (9780816632527)
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