On Gary Gildner's eleventh birthday, his Polish grandfather Steve Szostak was buried. Just before the undertaker closed the coffin, Gildner's grandmother Nelly quietly placed the book she'd found her husband holding at his death in the casket. "Always this Korzeniowski--even on his last day--and why?" Nelly asked her grandson almost two decades later. It was in this moment--discovering his grandfather's devotion to Joseph Conrad--that Gildner realized the man he had followed around on a northern Michigan farm was someone ...
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On Gary Gildner's eleventh birthday, his Polish grandfather Steve Szostak was buried. Just before the undertaker closed the coffin, Gildner's grandmother Nelly quietly placed the book she'd found her husband holding at his death in the casket. "Always this Korzeniowski--even on his last day--and why?" Nelly asked her grandson almost two decades later. It was in this moment--discovering his grandfather's devotion to Joseph Conrad--that Gildner realized the man he had followed around on a northern Michigan farm was someone considerably more. Inspired by Szostak's love of Conrad, Gildner embarked on a journey of self discovery that took him from the Tatra Mountains in Eastern Europe to the Clearwater Mountains in Idaho, finding where the truth begins in his own life.
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Add this copy of My Grandfather's Book: Generations of an American to cart. $10.74, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published 2002 by Michigan State University Press.
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Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 0870136399. The author's search for meaning started with his grandfather who lived on a northern Michigan farm. A nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings. Dust jacket in similarly nice condition with no chips, tears, or markings. Slight wear to rear panel of jacket at top. Pushcart Prize winner.; 8vo, 8"-9" tall; 253 pages.
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Fine in Fine dust jacket. 0870136399. Inscribed by Gildner on the title page, and dated in Colorado Springs in 2005. Intrigued that his Polish grandfather was buried with a copy of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Gildner reflects on his relationship to literature and his European roots.; 253 pages; Signed by Author.
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Very Good+ in Very Good+ jacket. Book First edition, first printing as evidenced by a complete number line from 1 to 10; minor edge wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy in collectable condition; this book was an award winner of the Pushcart Prize 27.
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As new in as new jacket. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, c2002. First Printing. 253pp. 8vo. Signed by the author on title-page. As new unread hardcover, as new d/j.
