The grandmothers : a family portrait /
A reprint of a 1927 autobiographical novel about Alwyn Tower, a ninteenth-century man who leaves Wisconsin for Europe but is haunted by the spirits of family members whose lives were destroyed by the events of the Civil War
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Madison :
University of Wisconsin Press,
1996
Madison : c1996 Madison : [1996] |
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| Summary: | A reprint of a 1927 autobiographical novel about Alwyn Tower, a ninteenth-century man who leaves Wisconsin for Europe but is haunted by the spirits of family members whose lives were destroyed by the events of the Civil War This story is based on Wescott's own life and family, the young Alwyn Tower leaves Wisconsin to travel in Europe, but finds himself haunted by a family of long-dead spirits- his grandparents and great-uncles and aunts, a generation whose young adulthood was shattered by the Civil War |
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| Item Description: | "A North Coast book." |
| Physical Description: | 388 p xx, 388 p. : ill. ; 20 cm xx, 388 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. xix-xx) Includes bibliographical references (pages xix-xx) Includes bibliographical references |
| ISBN: | 0299150208 (cloth : alk. paper) 0299150208 0299150240 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0299150240 9780299150204 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780299150242 (pbk. : alk. paper) |