The haunt of home : a journey through America's heartland /
Zachary Michael Jack.
- x, 205 pages ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction: Middle American Gothic and the Haunt of Home -- Life in Sunnier Climes -- Haunting the House of Memory -- Springtime on the Prairie: A Middle American Gothic -- Blood and Soil -- Pitchforks and Pies -- The Casket-maker's Son -- Death by Mail -- Life and Death in Oz -- Exhuming the Regionalist Body -- Dredge: A Middle American Gothic -- Ghost Players -- Cornfield Cathedrals -- Dovesong: A Middle American Dirge -- Afterword: Life After Death.
"Blends cultural ethnography and demography with moving personal memoir to consider the ways a region's duende shapes the ethos of a land and its people"--
9781501751790 1501751794
2020002991
Place (Philosopy) Fate and fatalism.
Middle West--Biography--Anecdotes. Middle West--Social life and customs. Middle West--In literature.