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Presents a compilation of selected stories, essays, and reminiscences that Dorothy West wrote for the Vineyard Gazette from the 1960s to the early 1990s. In these entries, West retraces life on the island as she experienced it from 1908, when she was an infant, to 1993 when she wrote her final column.

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A cleverly sharp collection...I couldn't put [this book] down!" —Public Library Quarterly

"A sizable, representative sampling of numerous columns that West wrote…thorough…praise must be extended to the editors for the expert compilation of the columns…this text is long over due and is greatly welcomed." —Abafazi

"An essential contribution." —Cercles

Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Illustrations
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Late 1960s and Early 1970s
  • 2. Representing the Whole: The Middle to Later 1970s
  • 3. Winding Down: The 1980s
  • 4. Final Years: The Early 1990s
  • Conclusion
  • Index

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    A Paperback / softback by James Robert Saunders, Renae Nadine Shackelford

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      Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 30/01/2001
      ISBN13: 9780786408924, 978-0786408924
      ISBN10: 786408928

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Presents a compilation of selected stories, essays, and reminiscences that Dorothy West wrote for the Vineyard Gazette from the 1960s to the early 1990s. In these entries, West retraces life on the island as she experienced it from 1908, when she was an infant, to 1993 when she wrote her final column.

      Trade Review
      A cleverly sharp collection...I couldn't put [this book] down!" —Public Library Quarterly

      "A sizable, representative sampling of numerous columns that West wrote…thorough…praise must be extended to the editors for the expert compilation of the columns…this text is long over due and is greatly welcomed." —Abafazi

      "An essential contribution." —Cercles

      Table of Contents
      • Acknowledgments
      • List of Illustrations
      • Introduction
      • 1. The Late 1960s and Early 1970s
      • 2. Representing the Whole: The Middle to Later 1970s
      • 3. Winding Down: The 1980s
      • 4. Final Years: The Early 1990s
      • Conclusion
      • Index

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