James Conaway, Author . Houghton Mifflin $28 (384p) ISBN 978-0-618-06739-8
"If Napa Valley can't be saved, no place can," says the county planner, and Conaway's second volume on one of the wealthiest enclaves in America echoes this sentiment, picking up where his first (Napa: The Story of an American Eden)...
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James Conaway, Author . Shoemaker & Hoard $24.95 (275p) ISBN 978-1-59376-128-8
In these perceptive essays, Conaway (The Far Side of Eden
) shows how development and tourism are laying waste to America's natural and cultural landscapes. Entertaining as well as astute, the pieces revolve around his impressions of exceptional...
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James Conaway, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $24.95 (529p) ISBN 978-0-395-46880-7
Conaway ( The Kingdom in the Country ), here tells the history of Napa Valley wines and the development of wine-drinking in America. He relates the stories of those colorful individuals who settled in the California valley for its beauty and quiet,...
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James Conaway, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $19.95 (211p) ISBN 978-0-395-62945-1
The realization that his father was suffering from Alzheimer's disease provided the momentum for Conaway's ( Napa ) memoir about growing up in Memphis during the 1950s. Conaway delivers sharply etched portraits of members of his large extended...
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James Conaway, Author Avon Books $10 (0p) ISBN 978-0-380-72298-3
The author of Napa recalls growing up in Memphis in the 1940s and `50s. (July)
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James Conaway, Author, Edmund Morris, Introduction by Yale University Press $52 (256p) ISBN 978-0-300-08308-8
Founded in 1800 as a resource for lawmakers, the Library of Congress is one of the greatest libraries in existence, with more than 110 million items in holding, including books in 450 different languages, national documents and art works. Conaway (Th
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James Conaway. Simon & Schuster, $26 (288p) ISBN 978-1-5011-2845-5
In this fascinating and well-researched book, Conaway delivers an unpleasant portrait of California’s Napa Valley in the 21st century. Conaway knows his subject well, having written two previous narratives chronicling the valley’s metamorphosis over
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