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viii, 227 pages ; 23 cm The author is the last of his line - the final descendant of pioneers who braved brutal death to settle a dark and bloody frontier; who worked and endured, knew triumph and defeat, struggled to win security and status in a Western Pennsylvania town whose name reflected their high hopes and noble ideals: Parnassus. From their records and testimonies, from his own memories and meditations, Jeffrey Simpson weaves their lives, their loves, their strivings, and their fates Into a vivid tapestry that allows us to see and feel them and their world as it was. With telling detail and near-magical powers of evocation, the author makes an ankle bracelet belonging to an elderly cousin the starting point of a tale of rebellious passion, social prejudice, and lifelong regret. A pair of broken spectacles takes us on a journey to a farmhouse built on the remains of a pioneer cabin. An eighteenth-century schoolbook tells of the labors of men and women Risking all to transform a wilderness into the land of their hopes and dreams. We witness the rise and fall of a town that seemed to its inhabitants as eternal as their righteous moral code and values yet proved as mortal as th

Who reads American Elegy : a Family Memoir?

Author

Simpson, Jeffrey

Publisher

Dutton Adult

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9780525941224

Category

history

Subjects

History, Biography, Memoir

Rating

4.5 / 5 (9 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14