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Drinking Dry Clouds
Gretel Ehrlich
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Description for Drinking Dry Clouds
Paperback. A collection opens during World War II with the stories of cowboys, waitresses, and bartenders along with Japanese Americans interned at Wyoming's Heart Mountain. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; FYB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3429 x 9. Weight in Grams: 182.
Drinking Dry Clouds is Gretel Ehrlich's storytelling in full swing. This inspired collection opens during World War II with the stories of cowboys, waitresses, and bartenders along with Japanese Americans interned at Wyoming’s Heart Mountain. Many of these characters were introduced in Ehrlich’s novel Heart Mountain. As she explains, “When I returned to my characters, five years after their initial appearance in my life, they seemed to want to report to me, so I let them speak in the first person.”
Drinking Dry Clouds is Gretel Ehrlich's storytelling in full swing. This inspired collection opens during World War II with the stories of cowboys, waitresses, and bartenders along with Japanese Americans interned at Wyoming’s Heart Mountain. Many of these characters were introduced in Ehrlich’s novel Heart Mountain. As she explains, “When I returned to my characters, five years after their initial appearance in my life, they seemed to want to report to me, so I let them speak in the first person.”
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Nebraska, United States
ISBN
9780803267541
SKU
V9780803267541
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Ref
99-15
About Gretel Ehrlich
Gretel Ehrlich divides her time between California and Wyoming. She is the winner of a National Endowment for the Arts award, the American Academy of Arts and Letters for Distinguished Prose award, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Her books include This Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons in Greenland, The Future of Ice: A Journey into Cold, and The Solace of Open Spaces. ... Read more
Reviews for Drinking Dry Clouds
"Gretel Ehrlich has a strong, unique voice that grasps you and leads you along like a firm hand." Edward Hoagland "In Drinking Dry Clouds, Gretel Ehrlich manages a control over her interconnected 'Stories from Wyoming' that is similar to that achieved in a fine novel; these stories collectively equal a novel's scope and depth." Magill Book Reviews "These spare, 'palm-in-the-hand' ... Read more