{"product_id":"an-owl-on-every-post-paperback","title":"An Owl on Every Post - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSanora Babb\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWilliam Kennedy\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSanora Babb experienced pioneer life in a one-room dugout, eye-level with the land that supported, tormented and beguiled her; where her family fought for their lives against drought, crop-failure, starvation, and almost unfathomless loneliness. Learning to read from newspapers that lined the dugout's dirt walls, she grew up to be a journalist, then a writer of unforgettable books about the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl, most notably \u003cem\u003eWhose Names Are Unknown.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe author was seven when her parents began to homestead an isolated 320-acre farm on the western plains. She tells the story through her eyes as a sensitive, fearless young girl who came to love the wind, the vastness, the mystery and magic in the ordinary. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis evocative memoir of a pioneer childhood on the Great Plains is written with the lyricism and sensitivity that distinguishes all of Sanora Babb's writing. \u003cem\u003eAn Owl on Every Post\u003c\/em\u003e, with its environmental disasters, extreme weather, mortgage foreclosures, and harsh living conditions, resonates as much today as when it first appeared. What this true story of Sanora's prairie childhood reveals best are the values--courage, pride, determination, and love--that allowed her family to prevail over total despair. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis long, out-of-print memoir is reissued with new acclaim: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"On a par stylistically and thematically with Willa Cather's \u003cem\u003eMy Antonia\u003c\/em\u003e, this is a classic that deserves to be rediscovered and cherished for years to come.\"--Linda Miller, English Professor at Penn State and chairman of the Editorial Advisory Board for \u003cem\u003eThe Cambridge Edition of the Letters of Ernest Hemingway\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"An unsung masterpiece in the field of American autobiography--I was completely blown away. This memoir offers an unforgettable picture of pioneer life. Her ageless story deserves a permanent place in our nation's literature.--Arnold Rampersad, author of \u003cem\u003eRalph Ellison: A Biography.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSanora Babb is the author of five books, as well as numerous essays, short stories, and poems that were published in literary magazines alongside the work of William Saroyan, Ralph Ellison, Katherine Anne Porter, and William Carlos Williams. Her Dust Bowl novel, \u003cem\u003eWhose Names Are Unknown\u003c\/em\u003e, was recently featured in the Ken Burns documentary on The Dust Bowl.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEditorial Reviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A wry, affectionate but unsentimental recall of frontiering struggles in Colorado just prior to WWI.\" - \u003cem\u003eKirkus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Masterly. Hers is a small song, and not grand opera. But hearing it is a significant and salutary experience.\"--\u003cem\u003eLondon Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The author has achieved a small miracle with this book for she has turned hunger, poverty, loneliness and depression into incomparable beauty by the magic of her writing.\" - \u003cem\u003eThe Pretoria News\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \"Babb's engaging memoir recalls a childhood spent on the harsh and wild Colorado frontier during the early 1900s.\"--\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOwl is novelist Babb's memories of her childhood in eastern Colorado and Kansas before World War I. LJ's reviewer found that Babb wrote well, \"relating vividly and with fine and fond recollection\" \u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e 12\/1\/70.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 268\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 02, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42744773214271,"sku":"9780985991500","price":19.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/a9e986d6728837abb991508329a0915b.webp?v=1765169402","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/an-owl-on-every-post-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}