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From the time of its first publication in 1960, Conrad Richter's The Waters of Kronos sparked lively debate about the extent to which its story of a belated return to childhood scenes mirrored key events of Richter's own life. As was well known at the time, Richter had spent several years in the Southwest, where he collected the material for his first successful book, Early Americans and Other Stories, but by 1933, he had returned to live in his hometown, Pine Grove, Pennsylvania.<P>John Donner, the main protagonist in The Waters of Kronos, traces a similar route from west to east, although he finds that his family home and native town have been submerged under the deep waters of a lake formed by the construction of a hydroelectric dam. As Richter narrates his alter ego's efforts to salvage his past, he moves beyond "semi-autobiography" to offer what are widely recognized as his most haunting reflections upon the power of family history, the fragility of human memory, and art's role in structuring the communal ethos.<P>David McCullough, a fellow Pulitzer Prize winner, met and befriended Richter in the 1960s and has called him "an American master, " praising The Waters of Kronos as "his most beautiful book." McCullough has contributed a foreword to this edition of The Waters of Kronos, which established Richter as one of the literary giants of the United States.
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Conrad Richter (1890-1968) was awarded the National Book Award for The Waters of Kronos in 1961. He was also awarded the Pulitzer Prize for The Town, the last volume in a trilogy about frontier life in Ohio, in 1951.
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ISBN:
9780271022406
Author:
Richter, Conrad
Publisher:
Penn State University Press
Location:
University Park, Pa.
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Literary
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Pennsylvania
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Autobiographical memory
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Dams
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Domestic fiction
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Autobiographical fiction
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Submerged lands.
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Literature-A to Z
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American - General
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The Waters of Kronos
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0-271-02240-X
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Literature
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Conrad Richter
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American
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Childhood
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Southwest
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Early Americans and Other Stories
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hometown
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Pine Grove
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John Donner
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semi-autobiography
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Family -- History.
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fragility
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Human Memory
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art s role
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communal ethos
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Trade paper
Series Volume:
1.
Publication Date:
20030131
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Language:
English
Pages:
192
Dimensions:
8.28x7.70x.52 in. .59 lbs.
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