The Heart of Things: A Midwestern Almanac

by John Hildebrand

"I've never believed that living in one place means being one thing all the time, condemned like Minnie Pearl to wear the same hat for every performance. Life is more complicated than that."
In this remarkable book of days, John Hildebrand charts the overlapping rings--home, town, countryside--of life in the Midwest. Like E. B. White, Hildebrand locates the humor and drama in ordinary life: church suppers, Friday night football, outdoor...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870206729
• ISBN13: 9780870206726
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.5"