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A Strong West Wind

A Memoir

A Strong West Wind( )
Author: Caldwell, Gail
Narrated by: Poole, Nicole
ISBN:978-1-4498-9889-2
Publication Date:Feb 2007
Publisher:Recorded Books, Inc.
Book Format:Downloadable audio file
List Price:USD $65.00
Book Description:

Gail Caldwell is a Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic for The Boston Globe. Her book A Strong West Wind is a "metaphor-rich, beautifully structured reminiscence" of a child growing up in the turbulent 1960s (Booklist, starred review). Caldwell was born in Texas in 1951; in a land of plains so vast they frightened her. Caldwell's mother was a clandestine lover of books; her father was a master sergeant in World War II. These personalities shaped Caldwell; during the passionate...
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Caldwell, Gail (Author)
Gail Caldwell was born in 1951 in Amarillo, Texas. She attended Texas Tech, University and then went on to University of Texas at Austin and obtained two degrees in American Studies. She became a profesor at the University of Texas until 1981 before she joined the Boston Globe. She taught feature writing at Boston University. She wrote for publications such as the Village Voice and New England Monthly. She has authored some books such as: A Strong west Wind and Let's Take the Long way Home.

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