Teardown – Memoir of a Vanishing City
Autor Gordon Youngen Limba Engleză Hardback – 3 iun 2013
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Michigan Notable Books (2014)
"There must be a thousand good reasons to flee Flint. I can't assume there are many reasons to return. Gordon Young's Teardown supplies a few of these answers. A humorous, heartfelt and often haunting tale of a town not many could love. Fortunately for us, a few still do."--Ben Hamper, author of Rivethead: Tales from the Assembly Line
"Teardown is the tragic and somehow hilarious tale of one man's attempt to return to his hometown. Gordon Young is a Flintoid at heart and his candid observations about both the shrinking city and his own economic woes read heartbreakingly true."--Novella Carpenter, author of Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer
"Teardown is a funny and ultimately heartbreaking memoir. The travails of house hunting are skillfully interwoven with Young's attempt to reconcile life in his adopted city of San Francisco with his allegiance to Flint, the troubled city of his childhood. The result is an all too contemporary American story of loyalty, loss and finding your way home."--Tom Pohrt, illustrator and author of Careless Rambles by John Clare
"Like so many other Flintites, I visit my hometown with a mix of sadness, repugnance and anger. Yet the man I have become, the life I lead, and the dreams I carry were all born in Flint, and Flint remains in my heart. We only knew it as home--as a place to learn, love and live. Flint is too easy to criticize, but I look back in gratitude for the values Flint instilled, the education I received and the bonds I made that remain with me to this day. You can take the boy out of Flint, but you can't take Flint out of the boy."--Howard Bragman, author of Where's My Fifteen Minutes?
"Armed with an aluminum baseball bat and a truth-seeking pen, Young returns to the post-industrial wasteland of his hometown in search of a derelict house to buy and restore. At least that's his cover story. Young's true mission is to reclaim his past is order to make sense of his present. If you're bewitched by the place where you grew up, you'll find comfort and a sense of home in the pages of Teardown."--Jack Shafer, Reuters columnist and a former Michigander
"This beautifully written tale of Gordon Young's homecoming offers an unforgettable journey to the heart of one of America's most compelling places."--Frank J. Popper, Rutgers University
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780520270527
ISBN-10: 0520270525
Pagini: 312
Dimensiuni: 158 x 235 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: University of California Press
ISBN-10: 0520270525
Pagini: 312
Dimensiuni: 158 x 235 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: University of California Press
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Descriere
After living in San Francisco for 15 years, the author found himself yearning for his Rust Belt hometown: Flint, Michigan, the birthplace of General Motors and "star" of the Michael Moore documentary "Roger & Me". This book reminds us that cities are defined by people, not politics or economics.
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- Michigan Notable Books Winner, 2014