James Conaway

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James Conaway is a former Wallace Stegner fellow at Stanford University, and the author of thirteen books, including Napa at Last Light and the New York Times bestseller, Napa: The Story of an American Eden. His work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, Harper's, The New Republic, Gourmet, Smithsonian, and National Geographic Traveler. He divides his time between Washington, DC, and California. ...more

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Napa: The Story of an Ameri...

3.61 avg rating — 523 ratings — published 1990 — 18 editions
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Nose

3.14 avg rating — 224 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions
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Napa at Last Light: America...

3.43 avg rating — 118 ratings10 editions
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The Far Side of Eden: New M...

3.57 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 2002 — 8 editions
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America's Library: The Stor...

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3.96 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2000
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Vanishing America: In Pursu...

3.63 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions
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Memphis Afternoons

3.38 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1993 — 7 editions
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The Smithsonian: 150 Years ...

3.89 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1995 — 3 editions
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The Kingdom in the Country

3.79 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1987 — 7 editions
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The Forgotten Fifties: Amer...

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4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2014
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James Conaway, Nose: A Novel

“Everywhere I travel in America, I encounter a deep sense of loss; Americans have come to believe that growth and entitlement matter more than health and happiness in a country that, paradoxically, diminishes in prospect and comity even as it grows richer. The gap between ideals and means gets larger while access to public institutions--and public land--essential to our identity becomes more difficult.”
James Conaway, Vanishing America: In Pursuit of Our Elusive Landscapes

“The point of business was to make just enough money to keep going, not to create a monster of productivity that chained a person to the wheels of power and stifled all creativity and imagination. Business should not be profit-driven; it should be idea-driven.”
James Conaway, Napa: The Story of an American Eden

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