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Van Til. Olson. Thin Ice: Coming of Age in Grand Rapids. Eerdmans 2007 1st ed pb
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- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Personalize
- No
- Inscribed
- No
- Type
- History
- Features
- 1st Edition, Paperback
- Personalized
- No
- Book Series
- Historical
- Intended Audience
- Ages 9-12, Young Adults, Adults
- Signed
- No
- Literary Movement
- Local History
- ISBN
- 9780802824783
- Book Title
- Thin Ice : Coming of Age in Grand Rapids
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- Eerdmans Publishing Company, William B.
- Publication Year
- 2006
- Format
- Perfect
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism, Référence, History, Social Science
- Topic
- Children's Studies, Quotations, Personal Memoirs, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, IL, in, Ks, MI, MN, MO, Nd, Ne, OH, Sd, Wi), General, Literary, American / General, Customs & Traditions, Sociology / Urban
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 10.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 416 Pages
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DESCRIPTION This unique volume contains twenty-eight fascinating life stories of people -- many of whom went on to become famous -- who grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The coming-of-age stories in Thin Ice relate a range of experiences both good and bad, including happy memories and heartwarming recollections but also personal traumas, intergenerational and racial conflicts, the strictures of religious belief and practice, the joys and sorrows of young romance, and more. Above and beyond the stories of the more notable personalities -- Jim Harrison, Roger Wilkins, John Hockenberry, President Gerald Ford, Betty Ford, Al Green, Paul Schrader, William Brashler -- the book as a whole is chock-full of crisp, humorous, irreverent, and moving writing. Reinder Van Til and Gordon Olson have excerpted half of the pieces from previous publications, while they directly solicited the other half from active writers specifically for this book. The earliest stories go back to the 1830s and 1850s, and the most recent are a cluster of contemporary pieces that describe coming of age in the Grand Rapids of the 1960s through the 1980s. Together they paint a multifaceted, impressionistic portrait of a century and a half in the fair city of Grand Rapids, Michigan. All in all, Thin Ice is a nostalgic treasure for any Grand Rapidian and literary treasure for e v e r y one. Contributors Albert Baxter Charles E. Belknap A. J. Muste Arnold Gingrich David Cornel DeJong Gerald R. Ford Betty Ford Edward V. Gillis John Thompson Roger Wilkins Jim Harrison Glen Peterson Max Apple John Otterbacher Reinder Van Til Al Green Paul Schrader Robert VanderMolen William Brashler Sheri Venema Hank Meijer Charles Honey Tom Rademacher Levi Rickert John Hockenberry Laura Kasischke Kaye Longberg Bich Minh Nguyen
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Eerdmans Publishing Company, William B.
ISBN-10
0802824781
ISBN-13
9780802824783
eBay Product ID (ePID)
57066407
Product Key Features
Book Title
Thin Ice : Coming of Age in Grand Rapids
Format
Perfect
Language
English
Topic
Children's Studies, Quotations, Personal Memoirs, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, IL, in, Ks, MI, MN, MO, Nd, Ne, OH, Sd, Wi), General, Literary, American / General, Customs & Traditions, Sociology / Urban
Publication Year
2006
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism, Référence, History, Social Science
Number of Pages
416 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
10.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
F574.G7t48 2007
Copyright Date
2007
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2007-004321
Dewey Decimal
977.4/56
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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