{"product_id":"hole-in-the-sky-isbn-9780679740063","title":"Hole in the Sky","description":"William Kittredge's stunning memoir is at once autobiography, a family chronicle, and a Westerner's settling of accounts with the land he grew up in. This is the story of a grandfather whose single-minded hunger for property won him a ranch the size of Delaware but estranged him from his family; of a father who farmed with tractors and drainage ditches but consorted with movie stars; and of Kittredge himself, who was raised by cowboys and saw them become obsolete, who floundered through three marriages, hard drinking, and madness before becoming a writer. Host hauntingly, Hole in the Sky is an honest reckoning of the American myth that drove generations of Americans westward -- and what became of their dream after they reached the edge.Autobiography\/Memoir\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A pleasure to read ... [Kittredge] has written a remarkably frank account of his own life, and at every stage it was interesting.... You will not have read another Western like this.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-- Washington Post Book World\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A grand and true story by one of our finest writers.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-- Annie Dillard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The story of the Kittredges ... intersects mightily with the myth of American expansion and 'improvement' of the 'wilderness.'... a valuable memoir that should be read with care ... [Kittredge's] voice should be a prophetic one.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChicago Tribune\u003cb\u003eWilliam Kittredge\u003c\/b\u003e is the author, \u003ci\u003eThe Willow Field,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Nature of Generosity\u003c\/i\u003e, among others, and, with Annick Smith, he edited \u003ci\u003eThe Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e. He grew up in Oregon and now lives in Missoula, Montana, where for many years he taught at the University of Montana.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303042928869,"sku":"NP9780679740063","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780679740063.jpg?v=1767729130","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/hole-in-the-sky-isbn-9780679740063","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}