Description
They lived green out of necessity--walking to work, repairing everything from worn shoes to wristwatches, recycling milk bottles and packing containers. Music was largely heard live and most residential streets had shade trees. The nearby Wabash River--a repeated subject of story and song--transported Sunday picnickers to public parks. In the form of an old-fashioned city directory, An American Hometown celebrates a bygone American era, focusing on life in 1920s Terre Haute, Indiana. With artfully drawn biographical sketches and generously illustrated histories, noted musician, historian, and storyteller Tom Roznowski not only evokes a beauty worth remembering, but also brings to light just how many of our modern ideas of sustainable living are deeply rooted in the American tradition.
Author: Tom Roznowski
Publisher: Quarry Books
Published: 11/17/2009
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.33lbs
Size: 10.02h x 6.92w x 0.64d
ISBN13: 9780253221292
ISBN10: 0253221293
BISAC Categories:
- Travel | United States | Midwest | General
- History | United States | State & Local | Midwest(IA,IL,IN,KS,MI,MN,MO
About the Author
Tom Roznowski, based in Bloomington, Indiana, is a writer and musician. He is host of Hometown, a radio program broadcast by NPR affiliate WFIU.