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100 1  Johnson, Diane,|d1934- 
245 10 Flyover lives :|ba memoir /|cDiane Johnson. 
264  1 New York :|bViking,|c2014. 
300    263 pages :|billustrations ;|c23 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent. 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia. 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier. 
505 0  I. In France. A Weekend with Generals -- II. Flyover 
       Country. Moline, pop. 34,000 -- My Moline -- Myopia -- 
       Pastimes -- Economies -- Books -- III. Eighteenth-Century 
       Beginnings. How We All Descend from Greatness -- Ranna -- 
       Anne and God -- Huts -- 1800 -- John Perkins Too Sees God 
       -- Some Stories from the Life of Catharine Perkins -- The 
       Story of Catharine Continued -- The Inappropriate Letter -
       - Catharine's Romance -- The Affair of the Locket -- 
       Rascals -- The Elusive Eleazer -- Wedding Journey -- 
       Bloomingburg -- Women's Work : Quilts -- Eleazer the 
       Doctor -- Sorrow -- Depression -- Wars -- IV. Modern Days.
       Watseka, Chenoa -- Rich in Uncles -- Summer -- In God We 
       Trusted... -- The Dark Shadow -- Flyover -- Mademoiselle -
       - California -- Writer -- Silver Screen -- Uncle Bill -- 
       Divorce -- London -- Emancipation Proclamation -- Defeat -
       - Yellow Morgan -- Chagrin -- Epilogue. 
520 2  "From the New York Times bestselling author of Le Divorce,
       a dazzling meditation on the mysteries of the "wispy but 
       material" family ghosts who shape us. Growing up in the 
       small river town of Moline, Illinois, Diane Johnson always
       dreamed of floating down the Mississippi and off to see 
       the world. Years later, at home in France, a French friend
       teases her: 'Indifference to history--that's why you 
       Americans seem so naive and don't really know where you're
       from.' The j'accuse stayed with Johnson. Were Americans 
       indifferent to history? Her own family seemed always to 
       have been in the Midwest. Surely they had got there from 
       somewhere? In digging around, she discovers letters and 
       memoirs written by generations of stalwart pioneer 
       ancestors that testify to more complex times than the 
       derisive nickname 'The Flyover' gives the region credit 
       for. With the acuity and sympathy that her novels are 
       known for, she captures the magnetic pull of home against 
       our lust for escape and self-invention. This spellbinding 
       memoir will appeal to fans of Bill Bryson, Patricia Hampl,
       and Annie Dillard"--|cProvided by publisher. 
600 10 Johnson, Diane,|d1934-|xFamily. 
650  0 Pioneers|zMiddle West|vBiography. 
650  0 Home|zMiddle West. 
650  0 Novelists, American|vBiography. 
651  0 Moline (Ill.)|vBiography. 
651  0 Middle West|vBiography. 
651  0 Middle West|xSocial life and customs.