Compass Points - How I Lived (Paperback)

In a luminous memoir of a life richly lived, one of America’s finest writers explores the themes that have shaped his life and work: the glories of the natural world, the lure of working for a circus and fighting forest fires, the afflictions of temporary blindness and blocked speech, and the enduring influence of literary friendships, including John Berryman’s, Edward Abbey’s, and his mentor, Archibald MacLeish.

From his childhood in rural Connecticut to some of the earth’s last remaining wildernesses, Hoagland has traveled the world wielding his unusual gift for observation. In Compass Points he delivers an honest and lively accounting of his voyages through two marriages; the New York parties he attended as a precocious young writer; Vermont hippiedom and academia; his many vivid sojourns into Europe, Alaska, British Columbia, the Sudan; and, perhaps most unforgettably, his stint in the “Animal Department” of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus fifty years ago. Leavened with Hoagland’s trademark humor and insight, Compass Points is an entertaining and moving account of the days and nights of one of our most eminent literary voices.

General

Imprint:	Random House
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2002
First published:	March 2002
Authors:	Edward Hoagland
Dimensions:	208 x 137 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	304
ISBN-13:	978-0-375-70240-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Literary Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Books > Biography > Literary
LSN:	0-375-70240-7
Barcode:	9780375702402

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