ISBN: 9780865475946

A loving but clear-eyed portrait in miniature of the vanishing rural West At the outset of Gregory Martin's affecting memoir, only thirty-three people still live in Mountain City in remot… More...

A loving but clear-eyed portrait in miniature of the vanishing rural West At the outset of Gregory Martin's affecting memoir, only thirty-three people still live in Mountain City in remote northeastern Nevada; by the end of the book there are thirty-one, and none of them are children. The town's heyday is long past, its abandoned mines testimony to the cycle of promise, exploitation, abandonment, and attrition that has been the repeated story of the West.Yet the comings and goings at Tremewan's, the general store Martin's family has run for more than forty years, make the town seem like a more vibrant place than many small cities. The store is a hub for a stoic but close-knit community that includes salty widows, Native Americans from a reservation nearby, and a number of Martin's deeply idiosyncratic relatives, who are descendants of the Basque sheepherders who settled in the region during the nineteenth century. It is also the lens through which Martin observes them as they persist in a difficult but rewarding existence. Without pity or regret, Martin celebrates the large and small dramas of their lives and their stubborn attachment to a place that seems likely to disappear in his lifetime. Media >, [PU: North Port Press]<

2000, ISBN: 9780865475946

New York: North Point Press, 2000. First Edition.. Hardcover. As New/Very Good. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book As New with a Near Fine Dust Jacket. The story of Mountain… More...

New York: North Point Press, 2000. First Edition.. Hardcover. As New/Very Good. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book As New with a Near Fine Dust Jacket. The story of Mountain City, Nevada, which has thirty-three people living in it, when Gregory Martin starts his portrait of this town and there are thirty-one, none of them children, by the end of the book. He tells the story of the town's heyday, with abandoned mines giving testimony to a cycle of promise, exploitation, abandonment, and attrition-a story repeated throughout the West. But mostly he tells of the remaining folks and the native Americans on a nearby reservation, descendants of the Basque sheepherders whs settled in this area during the 19th century, and celebrates their dramas and their attachment to a place that seems likely to disappear in the future. Handsome volume in gray half-cloth with red titles, red paper-wrapped boards; very clean and unmarked, tight & solid, square with sharp corners. Internals are immaculate. Rough cut. Clean unclipped jacket with slight rumpling along top edge. . 193 pages. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. North Point Press, New York, 2000., North Point Press, 2000<

2000, ISBN: 9780865475946

Paperback, Hardcover, First edition

Denver, Colorado: Chockstone Press, 1985. NOT a library discard. Near Fine condition. Flat uncreased spine. Corners are NOT bumped. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean a… More...

Denver, Colorado: Chockstone Press, 1985. NOT a library discard. Near Fine condition. Flat uncreased spine. Corners are NOT bumped. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 1985. Second Editiion, Revised and Enlarged. Illustrated with many photos and climbing maps/diagrams. First ascent appendices. Index. Bound in the original red stiff pictorial wraps. 6" wide by 9" tall. . Second Editiion, Revised and Enlarged. Softcover. Near Fine condition. Illus. by Rennie, Brian (photography). (vi), 104pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping., Chockstone Press, 1985, North Point Press, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Flat-signed by author on title page, and inscribed and signed by "Greg's Uncle Mel," a character in this wonderful book, on first blank page. This hardbound first edition is clean and nice. A beautiful memoir of place and family., North Point Press, 2000<

2000, ISBN: 0865475946

Hardcover

[EAN: 9780865475946], usado, muito bom estado, [SC: 5.2], [PU: North Point Press,], UNTERHALTUNG; ROMANE; NOVELLEN; KURZGESCHICHTEN; ERZÄHLUNGEN; ESSAYS; KLASSIKER;,, History|United Stat… More...

[EAN: 9780865475946], usado, muito bom estado, [SC: 5.2], [PU: North Point Press,], UNTERHALTUNG; ROMANE; NOVELLEN; KURZGESCHICHTEN; ERZÄHLUNGEN; ESSAYS; KLASSIKER;,, History|United States|State & Local|General, Biography & Autobiography|General, Biography & Autobiography|Literary, Social Science|Anthropology|Cultural, Social Science|Customs & Traditions, 193 pp., 22 cm, good copy, traces of use, unequal edge, K2013 ISBN 9780865475946 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 205 Hardcover/Pappeinband with jacket,<