false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178980760m/861396.jpg 861396 1 <b>How long has it been since you fell in love with a book?</b> <P> Dominique Laxalt was sixteen when he left the French Pyrenees for America. He became a sheepherder in the Nevada desert and nearby hills of the Sierra. Like all his fellow Basque immigrants, Dominique dreamed of someday returning to the land of his beginnings. Most Basques never made the journey back, but Dominique finally did return for a visit with family and friends. <i>Sweet Promised Land</i> is the story of that trip, told by his son Robert, who accompanied him to the pastoral mountain village of Tardets in France. <P> Dominique came home victorious, the adventurer who had conquered the unknown and found his fortune in the New World. He walked the paths of his youth and again experienced the traditions of his Basque heritage. He told of his life in America, the hardships and challenges, and began to realize that he had changed since his departure from Tardets. By the end of the visit, he knew with certainty where he belonged. <P> <i>Sweet Promised Land</i> was first published in 1957 by Harper & Row. During the past fifty years, the book has become a classic in Western American literature, still beloved by the Basque-American community and widely used in undergraduate classes. In celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the book's publication, western literature scholar Ann Ronald has written a new foreword, discussing the book in the context of American and Nevada literature. 846826 5 3 2007 Sweet Promised Land (Basque) total:11|5:4|4:2|3:4|2:0|1:1| 11 41 15 6 5 0 false false Mon Aug 03 13:54:35 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 14:09:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu May 14 20:19:31 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 20:19:58 -0700 2009 ]]> 0 0 false false Wed Oct 21 13:57:36 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 13:58:18 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jun 22 23:22:21 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 24 15:03:09 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 23 16:54:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 23 16:55:17 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Sun Nov 09 09:57:44 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 09 09:58:27 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Sun Oct 11 09:27:35 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 09:27:35 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jul 19 13:44:44 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 13:44:44 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jun 04 06:16:02 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 06:16:02 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu May 28 22:10:54 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 13:47:23 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Jan 24 15:27:26 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 15:27:26 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Nov 23 14:59:12 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 14:59:12 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Sun Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 05 14:31:10 -0700 2008 Sat May 09 13:43:34 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Oct 09 08:19:47 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 09 08:19:47 -0700 2007 1 0 true false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 01 11:53:01 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 01 11:53:51 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=861396