00941cam a2200205 4500 55711858 TxAuBib 20070922120000.0 991202s1999||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 99-13614 9780679455882 $25.95 0679455884 $25.95 TxAuBib Kidder, Tracy. HOME TOWN / Tracy Kidder. NEW YORK : RANDOM HOUSE, 1999. 349 PAGES : HARDBACK ; 25 cm. IN THIS SPLENDID BOOK, ONE OF AMERICA'S MASTERS OF NONFICTION TAKES US HOME--INTO HOMETOWN, U.S.A., THE TOWN OF NORTHAMPTION, MASS, AND INTO THE EXTRAORDINARY, AND THE ORDINARY, LIVES THAT PEOPLE LIVE THERE. AS TRACY KIDDER REVEALS HOW, BENEATH ITS AMIABLE SURFACE, A SMALL TOWN IS PLACE OF STARTLING COMPLEXITY, HE ALSO EXPLORES WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE A MODERN SMALL CITY A SUCCESS STORY. 19991202.