The Haunt of Home: A Journey Through America's Heartland

What does it mean to deeply love a home place that haunts us still? From Mark Twain...
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Author: Zachary Michael Jack
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Language: English
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The Haunt of Home: A Journey Through America's Heartland by Jack, Zachary Michael

The Haunt of Home: A Journey Through America's Heartland

CHF 24.87

The Haunt of Home: A Journey Through America's Heartland

CHF 24.87
Author: Zachary Michael Jack
Format: Paperback
Language: English

What does it mean to deeply love a home place that haunts us still? From Mark Twain to Grant Wood to Garrison Keillor, regionalists from the Gilded Age to the Digital Age have explored the American Gothic and the homegrown fatalism that flourish in many of the nation's most far-flung and forgotten places. The Haunt of Home introduces us to a cast of real-life Midwestern characters grappling with the Gothic in their own lives, from promising young professionals debating the perennial "Should I stay or should I go" dilemma, to recent émigrés and entrepreneurs seeking personal reinvention, to faithful boosters determined to keep their communities alive despite the odds. In The Haunt of Home Zachary Michael Jack considers the many ways a region's abiding spirit shapes the ethos of a land and its people, offering portraits of others who, like himself, are determined to live out the unique promise and predicament of the Gothic.



Author: Zachary Michael Jack
Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
Published: 10/15/2020
Pages: 216
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.35w x 0.57d
ISBN: 9781501751790
Audience: Young Adult


Review Citation(s):
Choice 09/01/2021

About the Author

Zachary Michael Jack is an award-winning author of many books, including, most recently Country Views and Wish You Were Here. Jack is Professor of English at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois, a seventh-generation Iowan, and a member of the board of directors for the Midwestern History Association.


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