An American Childhood - Annie Dillard
AN AMERICAN CHILDHOOD
ANNIE DILLARD
for my parents
PAM LAMBERT DOAK
and
FRANK DOAK
A grant from the John
Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
aided this work.
I have loved, O Lord, the beauty
of thy house and the place
where dwelleth thy glory.
PSALM 26
Contents
Epigraph
Map
Prologue
Part One
THE STORY STARTS BACK IN
THE INTERIOR LIFE
OUR PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS
THERE WAS A BIG SNOW
JO ANN SHEEHY
THESE ARE THE FEW
NEXT TO ...