Living in the Country Growing Weird: A Deep Rural Adventure

by Dennis Parks

In 1972, Dennis Parks, a young potter with a promising academic career ahead of him, decided to move to Tuscarora, a near-abandoned mining town in remote northeastern Nevada. Parks and his wife were... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874174848
• ISBN13: 9780874174847
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: University of Nevada Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

I loved this book

This was a great rural living memoir. I enjoyed the stories about the neighbors and the town's struggles, the different things that Parks learned about animals and plants, and the story of the success of the pottery school that he founded. He's on my list of people I'd like to meet!