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South of the Northeast Kingdom / David Mamet.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mamet, David.
- Series:
- National Geographic directions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Manners and customs.
- Vermont--Description and travel.
- Vermont.
- Vermont--Social life and customs--20th century.
- Vermont--Social life and customs--21st century.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 152 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, [2002]
- Summary:
- When the taciturn tradition of rural Vermont met David Mamet's street-savvy brilliance, it was a mismatch made in heaven: The famously wary, laconic Yankees took a shine to the famously sardonic, articulate Jew from Chicago, and forty years in the heart of New England did the rest. By now Mamet knows where the bodies are buried in his corner of Vermont, as one of his own characters might say. As much a portrait of the author as of his adopted home, South of the Northeast Kingdom is something more as well: an edgy meditation on America itself. Famed for his sharp wit, keen observations, and astonishing ear not just for what people say but what they mean, Mamet gives us a shrewd picture of a landscape and a community he knows and loves. Whether he's describing the breakfast regulars at the Village Restaurant or the panic of being lost in the woods, appraising the comfortable heft of a Parker shotgun or the honest simplicity of a classic post-and-beam Cape farmhouse, each scene conjures tossed-off truths and throwaway aphorisms as memorable as a line from one of his acclaimed plays. Filled with anecdotes, wry jokes, reminiscences, and dozens of Mamet's own photographs, this free-wheeling memoir glints with the deadpan humor of a sly old farmer and the sure touch of a great playwright: tart, funny, thoughtful, and filled with affection for the deep woods and steep hills of Vermont.
- Contents:
- Vermont xv
- Chapter 1 The School Year 1
- Chapter 2 State and Nation 7
- Chapter 3 Post-and-Beam 17
- Chapter 4 The Woodstove 23
- Chapter 5 Country Clothing 37
- Chapter 6 South of the Northeast Kingdom 43
- Chapter 7 Skill and Education 49
- Chapter 8 A Stone Face 65
- Chapter 9 Some Personalities 75
- Chapter 10 Empire and Village 95
- Chapter 11 The Village Restaurant 107
- Chapter 12 Justice 117
- Chapter 13 Occupation Marks 127
- Chapter 14 Self-Reliance 137
- Chapter 15 Seasons 145.
- ISBN:
- 0792269608
- OCLC:
- 50004893
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