| Of Time and an Island Contributor(s): Keats, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0815602111 ISBN-13: 9780815602118 Publisher: Syracuse University Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 1987 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Biography & Autobiography | Historical |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 86029988 |
| Series: New York State |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 5.52" W x 8.1" (0.83 lbs) 245 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Geographic Orientation - New York |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Thirty years ago, John Keats and his family purchased a two-acre island in the St. Lawrence River, at a time when boats were still lovingly crafted of wood and an island could be had for $4,000. Depending on the elements and on their own resourcefulness, the Keats family thrives in the rhythms of island life-fishing, learning to navigate the river and read the clouds for weather, acquiring an "Indian" view of time, maintaining a house, several boats, and three children on a windswept rock. But more than a book about a single family's adventures, this one is strong witness that we all need islands of our own in the midst of life. Originally published in 1974, Of Time and an Island was chosen as a Book-of-the-Month Club alternate selection. |