{"product_id":"the-haunt-of-home-a-journey-through-americas-heartland-9781501751790","title":"The Haunt of Home: A Journey Through America's Heartland","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Zachary Michael Jack\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Northern Illinois University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Gothic \u0026amp; Romance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat does it mean to deeply love a home place that haunts us still?\u003c\/b\u003e From Mark Twain to Grant Wood to Garrison Keillor, regionalists from the Gilded Age to the Digital Age have explored the American Gothic and the homegrown fatalism that flourish in many of the nation's most far-flung and forgotten places. \u003ci\u003eThe Haunt of Home\u003c\/i\u003e introduces us to a cast of real-life Midwestern characters grappling with the Gothic in their own lives, from promising young professionals debating the perennial \"Should I stay or should I go\" dilemma, to recent émigrés and entrepreneurs seeking personal reinvention, to faithful boosters determined to keep their communities alive despite the odds. In \u003ci\u003eThe Haunt of Home\u003c\/i\u003e Zachary Michael Jack considers the many ways a region's abiding spirit shapes the ethos of a land and its people, offering portraits of others who, like himself, are determined to live out the unique promise and predicament of the Gothic.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Northern Illinois University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45134901280919,"sku":"9781501751790","price":1354.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781501751790.webp?v=1767908217","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-haunt-of-home-a-journey-through-americas-heartland-9781501751790","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}