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    Hole in the Sky

    A Memoir

    Author William Kittredge
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    Knopf | Vintage
    On sale Jun 01, 1993 | 256 Pages | 9780679740063
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    At once an autobiography, a family chronicle, and a Westerner's settling of accounts with the land he grew up in, Hole in the Sky is Kittredge's reckoning of the American myth that drove generations of Americans westward--and what became of their dream after they reached their destinations.
    © Raymond Meeks
    William Kittredge is the author, The Willow Field, The Nature of Generosity, among others, and, with Annick Smith, he edited The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology. He grew up in Oregon and now lives in Missoula, Montana, where for many years he taught at the University of Montana. View titles by William Kittredge
    Autobiography/Memoir

    "A pleasure to read ... [Kittredge] has written a remarkably frank account of his own life, and at every stage it was interesting.... You will not have read another Western like this."

    -- Washington Post Book World

    "A grand and true story by one of our finest writers."

    -- Annie Dillard



    "The story of the Kittredges ... intersects mightily with the myth of American expansion and 'improvement' of the 'wilderness.'... a valuable memoir that should be read with care ... [Kittredge's] voice should be a prophetic one."

    Chicago Tribune

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    At once an autobiography, a family chronicle, and a Westerner's settling of accounts with the land he grew up in, Hole in the Sky is Kittredge's reckoning of the American myth that drove generations of Americans westward--and what became of their dream after they reached their destinations.

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    © Raymond Meeks
    William Kittredge is the author, The Willow Field, The Nature of Generosity, among others, and, with Annick Smith, he edited The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology. He grew up in Oregon and now lives in Missoula, Montana, where for many years he taught at the University of Montana. View titles by William Kittredge

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    Autobiography/Memoir

    "A pleasure to read ... [Kittredge] has written a remarkably frank account of his own life, and at every stage it was interesting.... You will not have read another Western like this."

    -- Washington Post Book World

    "A grand and true story by one of our finest writers."

    -- Annie Dillard



    "The story of the Kittredges ... intersects mightily with the myth of American expansion and 'improvement' of the 'wilderness.'... a valuable memoir that should be read with care ... [Kittredge's] voice should be a prophetic one."

    Chicago Tribune

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