Bonnie Stepenoff
Auteur de Big Spring Autumn
A propos de l'auteur
Bonnie Stepenoff is Professor of History at Southeast Missouri State University.
Œuvres de Bonnie Stepenoff
The Dead End Kids of St. Louis: Homeless Boys and the People Who Tried to Save Them (2010) 5 exemplaires
Their Fathers' Daughters: Silk Mill Workers in Northeastern Pennsylvania, 1880-1960 (1999) 4 exemplaires
From French Community to Missouri Town: Ste. Genevieve in the Nineteenth Century (2006) 4 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Sexe
- female
Membres
Critiques
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 6
- Membres
- 34
- Popularité
- #413,653
- Évaluation
- 3.4
- Critiques
- 3
- ISBN
- 12
I too have fond memories of visiting Big Spring State Park while my children were growing up. The author's meditations of the clarity of the water, the "liquid arms" of a lazy river, and Mourning Doves with their muffled cooing "as though they had their head under the covers" make me want to take this short trip again. This book meanders as much as the numerous creeks in the area. The author grew up in the green hill country of northeast Pennsylvania and likes to point out the similarities between the two regions, both the natural beauty and the poverty. It's not a perfect book, but it is worth an afternoon's read about a hidden Missouri treasure, a place where "the mountains ain't high, but the valleys sure are deep."… (plus d'informations)