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By Conrad Richter, Foreword by David McCullough
Rediscovered Classics
FICTION
304 Pages, 5.25 x 7.75
Formats: Trade Paper
Trade Paper, $18.99 (CA $25.99) (US $18.99)
ISBN 9781613737422
Rights: WOR X BCOM
Chicago Review Press (Nov 2017)
Overview
The Fields tells the story of Sayward as a wife and mother, working with her own brood on that hard frontier to create a durable home, and aspects of civilization in a region where life is still difficult and towns are just beginning to appear. It is a rich and human novel about personal conflicts and strife in the midst of a land that itself is striving. And it has an epic quality that perfectly reflects the sweeping conquest of the frontier.Reviews
"The novel is an accurate, deeply understood picture of early Ohio." —Sterling North, Book WeekAuthor Biography
One of America's greatest novelists, Conrad Richter (1890–1968) wrote 15 novels, most of them set on the American frontier, including The Light in the Forest and The Sea of Grass, as well as numerous short stories. His novels won the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and many other accolades. David McCullough is the author of The Wright Brothers, John Adams, 1776, and many other books of American history and biography.May we also suggest...
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