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020 $a9781582433738
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050 00 $aPS3573.O4$bZ473 2008
082 00 $a813/.54$aB$222
100 1 $aWoiwode, Larry.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81085667
245 12 $aA step from death :$ba memoir /$cLarry Woiwode.
260 $aBerkeley, CA :$bCounterpoint :$bDistributed by Publishers Group West,$c[2008], ©2008.
300 $a272 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
520 1 $a"Larry Woiwode begins by relating a near-death experience due to his carelessness with a hay baler attached to a powerful tractor - the kind of mistake that can kill a novice. For the remainder of this memoir, the ribs he broke that day and the other injuries he sustained serve as a reminder of the closeness of death." "In an intimate address to his only son, Joseph, Woiwode records a series of memories the accident releases. These appear in pointedly titled chapters, covering the time from Woiwode's days in New York as a beginning writer, working with the late great William Maxwell, to his days as a young father, husband, and writer trying to find the right place to raise his family - the decision to buy a ranch in western North Dakota at the heart of his odyssey." "This is a story of the bond between sons and fathers, and the variety of relationships that affect and change the course of a life. And while "a step from death" refers to the daily danger Woiwode faces with heavy machinery and horses, it is also a comment on the inevitable human condition all of us must confront."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aWoiwode, Larry.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81085667
650 0 $aAuthors, American$y20th century$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100576
852 00 $boff,glx$hPS3573.O4$iZ473 2008