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Title |
The Lost Country |
Published Date |
1958 |
Author |
J. R. Salamanca (Washington Grove Resident) |
Collection |
Washiington Grove Library |
Summary |
From Tanto eBook: The "lost country" is a familiar country of innocence and security--a country we have all known and occasionlly, in a book like this one, we are able to discover." Story of a boy, Jim Blackstarr, who grows up on a farm in Virginia. As a child he delights in the beauty that surrounds him. . . But, as he grows older, he makes other discoveries. He experiences brutality, passion, fear and shame. . . . Utlimately, these discoveries lead him away from the country of his youth." |
Subjects |
Albemarle County, Virginia Farm Life |
Notes |
There is a typed note pasted into the front board of the book which references authors of Washington Grove including J. R. Salamanca. Other books by Salamanca are Lilith, Embarkation, and Sea Change. As of January 1, 2016 this book was available on Amazon and as an eBook on line through Tantor eBook, division of Tanto Media, Inc. |
Object Name |
Book |
Provenance |
Donated to Washington Grove Library by unknown party |
Call# |
LT.0020 |