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Winner of Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1951 The Awakening Land trilogy traces the transformation of Ohio from wilderness to farmland to the site of modern industrial civilization, all in the lifetime of one character. The trilogy earned Richter immediate acclaim as a historical novelist. It includes The Trees (1940), The Fields (1946), and The Town (1950) and follows the Luckett family's migration from Pennsylvania to Southeastern Ohio. It starts when settler Sayward Luckett Wheeler becomes mother to her orphaned siblings on the frontier, and ends with the story of her youngest son Chancey, a journalist in the years before the Civil War. The Town won the 1951 Pulitzer Prize and received excellent reviews across the country.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0821409808
ISBN13:9780821409800
Release Date:May 1991
Publisher:Ohio University Press
Length:309 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"
Customer Reviews
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The Town
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
The last in the trilogy. I loved this series. What a gifted writer.
A Truly Masterful Tale
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
Stunningly well written, Richter does an amazing job of capturing the early American atmosphere in this third book of his Awakening Land trilogy. While the entire book is told from the third person, one thing I really liked was the way he tells different chapters from the perspective of different characters. The way the characters are built, especially Sayward is truly amazing as we get to see their actions from several different perspectives. Make sure to read the review by "A reader from Yokota air base, Japan."
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