Family

Family tells the story of Ian Frazier's family in America from the early colonial days to the present. Using letters and other family documents, he reconstructs two hundred years of middle class life, visiting small towns his ancestors lived in, reading books they read, and discovering the larger forces of history that affected them.

Chicago Tribune

An essay on the American family, an institution whose inherent flaws Frazier explores with an unblinking eye.

Ian Frazier lives in Montclair, New Jersey. His books include Great Plains, On the Rez, Family, The Fish's Eye, and Coyote v. Acme.