Harrison, Jim

Summary: In the universally-praised Returning to Earth, Jim Harrison has delivered a masterpiece--a tender, profound, and magnificent novel about life, death, and the possibility of finding redemption in unlikely places. Donald is a middle-aged Chippewa-Finnish man slowly dying of Lou Gehrig's disease. His condition deteriorating, he realizes no one will be able to pass on to his children their family...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2007

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Harrison, Jim

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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Pub. 2004

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Harrison, Jim

Summary: The scion of a family of wealthy timber barons, David Burkett has grown up with a father who is a malevolent force more than a father and a mother made vague and numb by alcohol and pills. He and his sister Cynthia, a firecracker who scandalizes the family at fourteen by taking up with the son of their Finnish-Native American gardener, are mostly left to make their own way. As David comes to...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audio 2004

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Harrison, Jim

Summary: The son of a wealthy family of timber barons struggles to reconcile himself with the damage his family has done to Michigan's Upper Peninsula--a scarring that cuts deeply into the fabric of his own family.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2004

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Harrison, Jim

Summary: Detective Sunderson has fled troubles on the home front and bought himself a hunting cabin in a remote area of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. No sooner has he settled in that he realizes his new neighbors are creating even more havoc than the Great Leader. A family of outlaws armed to the teeth, the Ameses have local law enforcemtn too intimidated to take them on. Then Sunderson's cleaning lady, a...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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Harrison, Jim

Summary: Detective Sunderson has fled troubles on the home front and bought himself a hunting cabin in a remote area of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. No sooner has he settled in than he realizes his new neighbors are creating even more havoc than the Great Leader did. A family of outlaws, armed to the teeth, the Ameses have local law enforcement too intimidated to take them on. Then Sunderson's cleaning...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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Harrison, Jim

Summary: In this sequel to Harrison's True North, Donald Burkett, a middle-aged Chippewa-Finnish man, is dying of Lou Gehrig's disease. While his wife, Cynthia, transcribes, Donald begins dictating his family history for the benefit of their children, stories that he never before has shared.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audio 2007

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