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1047904
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b802274
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| Main Entry
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Sinor, Jennifer,1969-
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| Title & Author
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The extraordinary work of ordinary writing : : Annie Ray's diary /\ Jennifer Sinor.
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| Publication Statement
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Iowa City :: University of Iowa Press,, ©2002.
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1 online resource (xiv, 238 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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1587294303
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: 9781587294303
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0877458324
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0877458332
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9780877458326
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9780877458333
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-231) and index.
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| Contents
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Prologue: Annie's Gaze -- A Note on the Editing -- Introduction: Stories That Matter, the Matter of Stories -- A Story of the Diary -- Intertext: The Year 1881 -- Time, Days, and Page -- Intertext: The Year 1882 -- Putting Things to Right Generally -- Making Ordinary Writing.
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Krutch's trenchant observations about life prospering in the hostile environment of Arizona's Sonoran Desert turn to weighty questions about humanity and the precariousness of our existence, putting lie to Western denials of mind in the "lower" forms of life: "Let us not say that this animal or even this plant has 'become adapted' to desert conditions. Let us say rather that they have all shown courage and ingenuity in making the best of the world as they found it.
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Ray, Annie,active 19th century
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Sinor, Jennifer,1969-Family.
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Ray, Annie,active 19th century.
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Sinor, Jennifer,1969-
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Autobiography-- Authorship.
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Diaries-- History and criticism.
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Frontier and pioneer life-- United States.
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Women pioneers-- United States, Diaries.
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Autobiography-- Authorship.
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BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Women.
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Diaries.
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Families.
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Frontier and pioneer life.
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LANGUAGE ARTS DISCIPLINES-- Composition Creative Writing.
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LANGUAGE ARTS DISCIPLINES-- Rhetoric.
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REFERENCE-- Writing Skills.
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Women pioneers.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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808/.06692
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CT25.S554 2002eb
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