55 Miles to the Gas Pump by Annie Proulx. Historical Context, Plot Summary, Characters, Themes, Symbols, Chapter Wise Explanation.
55 Miles to the Gas Pump INTRODUCTION BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF ANNIE PROULX Born in 1935 to the vice president of a textile company and a painter, Annie Proulx grew up in Connecticut with four younger sisters and briefly attended Maine’s Colby College before leaving school to work odd jobs. Proulx published her first short story, “The Customs Lounge,” in 1963 and graduated from the University of Vermont in 1969. She completed a Master’s degree at Sir George Williams (Concordia) University and began a Ph.D., but abandoned it in 1975, the same year her third marriage ended, and moved back to Vermont with her three sons. While working as a freelance journalist, she published several instructional books as well as a short-lived newspaper and more short stories. In 1988, she published her first collection of short fiction, Heart Songs and Other Stories , and in 1992 her first novel, Postcards , ...