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The Living
Annie Dillard, 1992
HarperCollins
464 pp.
ISBN-13: 9780060924119
Summary
Annie Dillard evokes the frontier generation of the 19th century in Washington state's Puget Sound. Focusing primarily on three men and the settlement of Whatcom, Dillard presents us with a brilliant array of characters, their optimism and charity in the face of hardship, as well as racism, brutality and greed.
We watch as the inexorable rise of civilization rushes in upon the settlement, changing the region, the lives and fortunes of those who live there. (From the publisher.)