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Owning It All

by William Kittredge

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This is a deeply felt and highly informed essay collection about life in the American west by one of the finest writers ever to emerge from that region. As the Seattle Times has said of Owning It All: "You may never again see the American west in quite the same way if you take the time to view it through the eyes of William Kittredge. [This is a] stunning book." Having grown up on his family's cattle ranch in eastern Oregon, Kittredge directly confronts the contradictions and myths that lie at the heart of the Western experience: male freedom and female domesticity, the wild and the tame, self-interest and love of the land.

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This is a deeply felt and highly informed essay collection about life in the American west by one of the finest writers ever to emerge from that region. As the Seattle Times has said of Owning It All: "You may never again see the American west in quite the same way if you take the time to view it through the eyes of William Kittredge. [This is a] stunning book." Having grown up on his family's cattle ranch in eastern Oregon, Kittredge directly confronts the contradictions and myths that lie at the heart of the Western experience: male freedom and female domesticity, the wild and the tame, self-interest and love of the land.

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About the Author

William Kittredge grew up on a cattle ranch in Southeast Oregon and farmed there until he was 33, after which he taught Creative Writing at the University of Montana. He is the author of several widely celebrated books on the Western experience, including Hole in the Sky (a memoir) and We Are Not in This Together (a book of short fiction).

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Table of Contents

Home

Buckaroos

Natutal Causes

Owning It All

Leaving

Redneck Secrets

Drinking and Driving

Overthrust Dreams: 1981

Grizzly

Yellowstone in Winter

Raven Brought the Light

Silver Bullets

Doors to Our House

Revenge

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Product Details

ISBN:
9781555973667
Subtitle:
Essays
Author:
Kittredge, William
Publisher:
Graywolf Press
Location:
Saint Paul, Minn.
Subject:
United States - General
Subject:
Oregon
Subject:
Regional Subjects - West
Subject:
Family/Interpersonal Memoir
Subject:
Ranch life
Subject:
Ranchers
Subject:
Personal Memoirs
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Biography - General
Copyright:
2002
Edition Description:
Trade Paperback
Series Volume:
16
Publication Date:
20020701
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
184
Dimensions:
8.44x5.30x.57 in. .55 lbs.
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This is a deeply felt and highly informed essay collection about life in the American west by one of the finest writers ever to emerge from that region. As the Seattle Times has said of Owning It All: "You may never again see the American west in quite the same way if you take the time to view it through the eyes of William Kittredge. [This is a] stunning book." Having grown up on his family's cattle ranch in eastern Oregon, Kittredge directly confronts the contradictions and myths that lie at the heart of the Western experience: male freedom and female domesticity, the wild and the tame, self-interest and love of the land.
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