Bad Land: An American Romance
by Jonathan Raban
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Author: Jonathan RabanEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1997-10-07
ISBN: 0679759069
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: Vintage
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Book Review: Worth reading but not Raban's best book
Summary: 3 Stars
An evocative book which looks at the settlement of the 'dry lands' of Montana as the Railways headed west across the USA, a doomed enterprise on land insufficent to support cropping. A review of a cynical government policy introduced under intense lobbying by the railway barons. The juxtaposition of the farily recent history with the current intensely conservative attitudes of the families which managed to hold on is extremely interesting.Raban has made the work live by using family histories and moves easily between past and present with, as always in his work, a wonderful eye for landscape and ear for dialogue.
Recommended but try 'Old Glory' if this is you first meeting with the author.
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