Fotografía de autor

Homer McCarty (1868–1952)

Autor de Chasing Good Sense: A Boy's Life on the Last Frontier

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Obras de Homer McCarty

Etiquetado

Conocimiento común

Fecha de nacimiento
1868-01-08
Fecha de fallecimiento
1952-09-12
Lugar de sepultura
Monroe City Cemetery, Monroe, Utah, USA
Género
male
Nacionalidad
USA
Lugar de nacimiento
Santa Clara, Utah, USA
Lugar de fallecimiento
Provo, Utah, USA
Relaciones
Beyers, Coralie (granddaughter)
Organizaciones
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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Reseñas

Chasing Good Sense consists of Homer McCarty's reminiscences of his childhood growing up in a Mormon village near Cedar City, Utah, in the 1870s. It is likely to appeal to those who have a warm spot in their heart for Southern Utah and the culture that prevails there.

McCarty endeavors to write with the mindset and the vocabulary of the child he was back then, and this might knock the book down a notch or two for those who don't appreciate this stylistic choice. For them, I strongly recommend the writings of Ed Geary, who wrote one of this book's blurbs. Both The Proper Edge of the Sky and Goodbye to Poplarhaven are masterpieces.… (más)
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Denunciada
cpg | May 21, 2022 |

Estadísticas

Obra
1
Miembro
1
Popularidad
#2,962,640
Valoración
½ 3.5
Reseñas
1
ISBNs
2