01850nam  2200301 k 4500001001300000005001500013008004100028010001600069020002800085020002800113040001800141043001200159049001300171050002500184052001800209082001600227100003000243245009200273260005900365300004700424504006400471505080400535600005701339651002901396653003301425950001301458963007701471WMO20021475620021128111219020207s2002    us af         001   eng    a? 02002061   a0870136143 (alk. paper)  a0870136127 (alk. paper)  aDLCcDLCdC#P  an-us-mi0 lWM359499 0aPS3558.A67bZ88 200202a813.54bS656t0 a813/.542211 aSmith, Patrick A.,d1967-11a("The)true bones of my life" : essays on the fiction of Jim Harrison / Patrick A. Smith  aEast Lansing:bMichigan State University Press,cc2002  ax, 246 p., [8] p. of plates:bill.;c24 cm  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 211-234) and index.0 a"...no woods to travel far back into" : last great places in Jim Harrison's Wolf: a false memoir -- "Thoreau only pretended to loaf" : philosophies of conservation in Jim Harrison's A good day to die and Sundog -- "...the Orient was totally out of the question" : conflict, place, and the regional novel in Jim Harrison's Farmer -- "...to eat well and not die from it" : the dubious art of consumption in Jim Harrison's Warlock -- "To what degree are these people dead?" : the weight of history and the care of the soul in Jim Harrison's Dalva and The road home -- "They headed west" : postmodernism, Twain, and a reassessment of the American myth and the American dream in Jim Harrison's Brown dog series -- "Whose myth is it, anyway?" : the evolution of the myth-figure in Jim Harrison's novellas.10aHarrison, Jim,d1937-xCriticism and interpretation. 0aMichiganxIn literature.  aBONESaLIFEaESSAYSaFICTION0 bUS$27.55  aHarrison,aJimaCriticismaandainterpretationaMichiganaInaliterature