Nobody rich or famous
Subtitle: a family memoir
By: Richard Shelton
Publisher: The University of Arizona Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780816533992; 9780816534005
Subjects: Homes and haunts; Description and travel; Family; Anecdotes
Description: Nobody Rich or Famous is a literary memoir about family and place. Shelton travels to his childhood home in rural Idaho to connect with his past and discover his family history. The manuscript touches upon family dynamics, death and mortality, alcoholism, abusive relationships, and life in the rural and urban West. The book simultaneously exposes the conflicts within Shelton's family while illustrating life in Great Basin during the first half of the 20th century.