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        Angle Of Repose


        setting

        Wyoming

        time

        1880-1969

        language

        English

        region

        North America

        year published

        1971

        page count

        569

        difficulty

        Advanced

        main characters

        Lyman Ward, Oliver & Susan Ward

        Rip's impressions

        Every page is rich and original; it's worth every word. The story jumps between the 1870s and 1960s, as a descendant explores his great engineer grandfather's migration to the mines in the Idaho territory.

        first line

        Now I believe they will leave me alone

        last lines

        (spoiler alert)