The Resource A thousand acres, Jane Smiley
A thousand acres, Jane Smiley
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The item A thousand acres, Jane Smiley represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waterloo-Grant Township Public Library.
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- Summary
- The story of an Iowa farmer who decides to retire in 1979 and turns over his valuable land to his three daughters
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st Ballantine Books ed.
- Extent
- 371 pages
- Note
- "A Fawcett Columbine book"--T.p. verso
- Isbn
- 9780449907481
- Label
- A thousand acres
- Title
- A thousand acres
- Statement of responsibility
- Jane Smiley
- Title variation
- 1000 acres
- Subject
-
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueDomestic fiction
- trueIowa
- Iowa -- Fiction
- trueFarm life
- trueFamily secrets
- trueFamily farms
- Iowa -- Fiction
- trueAlcoholic men
- trueInheritance and succession
- trueInterpersonal relations
- Allegories
- Family farms -- Fiction
- trueFathers and daughters
- trueAdaptations, retellings, and spin-offs
- trueSisters
- trueInterpersonal conflict
- trueFamily problems
- trueFarmers
- trueRetirement
- Allegories
- trueDecision-making
- Iowa -- Fiction
- trueBooks to movies
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The story of an Iowa farmer who decides to retire in 1979 and turns over his valuable land to his three daughters
- Summary
- Larry Cook, an Iowan farmer who has worked a thousand acre plot owned by his family for generations, abruptly decides to leave his farm to his three daughters and retire. His two eldest daughters are pleased with the decision but his youngest daughter has been cut out by her father and is angry. As the daughters' activity on the land progresses, they notice a change in their father. Events begin to unfold that will threaten and destroy the family and their farm
- Award
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- National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, 1991.
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1992.
- ALA Notable Book, 1993.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 056352
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Citation source
-
- Wilson's Fiction
- Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.)
- Library Journal Starred
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- Adult
- LC call number
- PS3569.M39
- LC item number
- T47 1991
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- A thousand acres, Jane Smiley
- Note
- "A Fawcett Columbine book"--T.p. verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 18198249
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- 1st Ballantine Books ed.
- Extent
- 371 pages
- Isbn
- 9780449907481
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Label
- A thousand acres, Jane Smiley
- Note
- "A Fawcett Columbine book"--T.p. verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 18198249
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- 1st Ballantine Books ed.
- Extent
- 371 pages
- Isbn
- 9780449907481
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
Subject
- trueAdaptations, retellings, and spin-offs
- trueAlcoholic men
- Allegories
- Allegories
- trueBooks to movies
- trueDecision-making
- trueDomestic fiction
- trueFamily farms
- Family farms -- Fiction
- trueFamily problems
- trueFamily secrets
- trueFarm life
- trueFarmers
- trueFathers and daughters
- trueInheritance and succession
- trueInterpersonal conflict
- trueInterpersonal relations
- trueIowa
- Iowa -- Fiction
- Iowa -- Fiction
- Iowa -- Fiction
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueRetirement
- trueSisters
Genre
- trueAdaptations, retellings, and spin-offs
- trueAllegories
- trueBooks to movies
- trueDomestic fiction
- Fiction
- trueLiterary fiction
Included in
- trueALA Notable Books - Fiction: 1993
- trueNational Book Critics Circle Award: Fiction
- truePulitzer Prize: Fiction
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
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