This is the
Awakening Land Trilogy of Conrad Richter and I believe it is some of the
best writing of the 20th Century. I never knew that his work existed
until the 1980's when I happened to watch the miniseries starring
Elizabeth Montgomery(remember Bewitched?) and fell in love with the
story. He captures the day to day life and problems of everyday people
on the Ohio frontier with such richness, intensity and drama that to
this day I still think about his characters. Memorable scenes from his
books have had a profound influence my writing. He traces the evolution
of an Ohio settlement from the early days of hardship in the wilderness
to the prosperous development of a town years later, a theme and
evolution which is repeated time again across our entire continent. In
1951, he was awarded Pulitzer Prize for this work.
Wharton, Steinbeck, Richter and Cather
Conrad Richter-The Trees, The Fields, The Town
This is the
Awakening Land Trilogy of Conrad Richter and I believe it is some of the
best writing of the 20th Century. I never knew that his work existed
until the 1980's when I happened to watch the miniseries starring
Elizabeth Montgomery(remember Bewitched?) and fell in love with the
story. He captures the day to day life and problems of everyday people
on the Ohio frontier with such richness, intensity and drama that to
this day I still think about his characters. Memorable scenes from his
books have had a profound influence my writing. He traces the evolution
of an Ohio settlement from the early days of hardship in the wilderness
to the prosperous development of a town years later, a theme and
evolution which is repeated time again across our entire continent. In
1951, he was awarded Pulitzer Prize for this work.
This is the
Awakening Land Trilogy of Conrad Richter and I believe it is some of the
best writing of the 20th Century. I never knew that his work existed
until the 1980's when I happened to watch the miniseries starring
Elizabeth Montgomery(remember Bewitched?) and fell in love with the
story. He captures the day to day life and problems of everyday people
on the Ohio frontier with such richness, intensity and drama that to
this day I still think about his characters. Memorable scenes from his
books have had a profound influence my writing. He traces the evolution
of an Ohio settlement from the early days of hardship in the wilderness
to the prosperous development of a town years later, a theme and
evolution which is repeated time again across our entire continent. In
1951, he was awarded Pulitzer Prize for this work.
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It was so interesting how they were afraid of the trees then in later books they missed the trees. Ironic. :)
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