In the Memory House (PB)

by Howard Mansfield

Overview

In the Memory House recalls what American society has forgotten—the land, its people, and its ideals. By examining what we choose to remember, this important book reveals how progress has created absences in our landscapes and in our lives.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781555912475
Publisher:	Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
Publication date:	09/01/1995
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	9 Years

About the Author

Howard Mansfield writes about architecture and American history. He is the author of Cosmopolis: Yesterday's Cities of the Future. He has written for national publications including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, American Heritage and Historic Preservation. He lives in Hancock, New Hampshire.

What People are Saying About This

Rosellen Brown

Anyone interested in small town America should read In the Memory House....it is a lucid, unsentimental, consistently interesting book.

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

How often do we see ourselves described so beautifully? So movingly? So accurately? In the Memory House is so good it gives you the shivers.