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02205aam a2200349Ii 4500 001 272AA5B2B70111EC81A6B5F021ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220408010011 008 220322t20222022vtuaj 000 f eng d 010 $a 2021945095 020 $a 1953236472 020 $a 9781953236470 035 $a (OCoLC)1304911458 040 $a ZNS $b eng $e rda $c ZNS $d BDX $d OCLCO $d IUO $d IOU $d SILO 043 $a n-us-ny 100 1 $a Wheelwright, Peter M. $q (Peter Matthiessen) 245 14 $a The door-man : $b a novel / $c Peter M. Wheelwright. 246 3 $a Doorman 264 1 $a Burlington, VT : $b Fomite, $c [2022] 300 $a 367 pages : $b illustrations, genealogical table ; $c 23 cm 520 $a In 1917, during the construction of a large reservoir in the Catskill hamlet of Gilboa, New York, a young paleontologist named Winifred Goldring identified fossils from an ancient forest flooded millions of years ago when the earth's botanical explosion of oxygen opened a path for the evolution of humankind. However, the reservoir water was needed for NYC, and the fossils were buried once again during the flooding of the doomed town. A mix of fact and fiction, The Door-Man follows three generations of interwoven families who share a deep wound from Gilboa's last days. The story is told by Winifred's grandson, a disaffected NYC doorman working near the Central Park Reservoir during its decommissioning in 1993. The brief and provisional nature of one's life on earth - and the nested histories of the places, people and events that give it meaning - engender a reckoning within the tangled roots and fragile bonds of family--Back cover. 600 10 $a Goldring, Winifred, $d 1888-1971 $x Family $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Apartment doorkeepers $z New York $z New York $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Families $z New York (State) $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Reservoirs $z New York (State) $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Gilboa (N.Y.) $x History $y 20th century $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Schoharie Reservoir (N.Y.) $x History $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 lcgft 941 $a 1 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20220408010117.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=272AA5B2B70111EC81A6B5F021ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search