Bird Cloud: A Memoir
- ISBN-10
- 1445855887
- ISBN-13
- 9781445855882
- Series
- Bird Cloud
- Category
- Large type books
- Pages
- 359
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011
- Author
- Annie Proulx
Description
Annie Proulx invites us to share her experience in the building of her new home on a rich plot of untouched, unspoilt prairie and her pleasure in uncovering the layers of American history locked beneath the topsoil.
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