Objects of our affection
uncovering my family's past, one chair, pistol, and pickle fork at a time
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Word Count
58,250 words, Guess
Page Count
233 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL23945030M
- Internet Archiveobjectsofouraffe0000trac
- ISBN-100553807269
- ISBN-139780553807264
- Library of Congress Control Number2009047841
and 2 more
- OCLC Control Number422759306
- Better World BooksP8-AKA-257
Classifications
- DDC745.097309/04
- LCCCT275.T8217 A3 2010
Description
After their mother's death, Lisa Tracy and her sister, Jeanne, are left to contend with several households' worth of furniture and memorabilia. What starts as an exercise in information gathering designed to boost the estate's resale value at auction evolves into the discovery that the roots of our passion for acquisition often lie not in shallow materialism but in our desire to possess the most treasured commodity of all- a connection to the past. These travels open her eyes to a rich family history characterized by duty, hardship, honor, and devotion ... qualities embodied in the very items she intends to sell. Offers an offbeat and intriguing mix of cultural anthropology, Antiques Roadshow Americana, and military history and lore.
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- Miscellanea
- Biography
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