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Sweet Promised Land, 50th Ed

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ISBN-10: 0874177065

ISBN-13: 9780874177060

Edition: 50th 2007

Authors: Robert Laxalt, Ann Ronald

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In Sweet Promised Land, Laxalt paints an affectionate portrait of his father and, simultaneously, tells the story that connects immigrant families everywhere in the United States. Dominique Laxalt, a Basque-American sheepherder, is persuaded by his family to return home for a long-planned visit after living nearly half a century on the ranges of the American West. Accompanied by his son Robert, Dominique travels to his native Basque Country in the French Pyrenees. His return to the village and mountain trails of his youth evokes ambiguous feelings as he describes to his relatives the life of hardship he has endured in the United States. The nostalgic trip to his native land ends poignantly…    
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Book details

List price: $18.00
Edition: 50th
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Publication date: 3/5/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 207
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

-- Ann Ronald-- is Foundation Professor of English at the University of Nevada, Reno. Her books include Earthtones: A Nevada Album, The New West of Edward Abbey, Reader of the Purple Sage, and GhostWest: Reflections Past and Present.