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The holiday in his eye.(The Lay of the Land)(Book review)

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| March 01, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Foundation for Cultural Review. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Richard Ford The Lay of the Land. Knopf, 496 pages, $26.95

As Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote in "Manners" in 1844:

 
   I have seen an individual whose manners, 
   though wholly within the conventions of 
   elegant society, were never learned there, but 
   were original and commanding ... one who 
   did not need the aid of a court-suit, but 
   carried the holiday in his eye ... who shook 
   off the captivity of etiquette, with happy, 
   spirited bearing, good-natured and free as 
   Robin Hood; yet with the port of an emperor, 
   if need be,--calm, serious, and fit to stand the 
   gaze of millions.

These words describe Richard Ford's character. ...

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