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THE ALL-TRUE TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES OF LIDIE NEWTON
by Smiley, Jane
- New
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- New/New
- ISBN 10
- 0679450742
- ISBN 13
- 9780679450740
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1998. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed beautifully by author on title page in black fountain ink. Set in the 1850s, THE ALL-TRUE TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES OF LIDIE NEWTON speaks to us in a splendidly quirky voice--the strong, no-nonsense voice of Lidie Harkness of Quincy, Illinois, a young woman of courage, good sense, and good heart. It carries us into an America so violently torn apart by the questions of slavery that it makes our current political battlegrounds seem a peaceable kingdom. And when, suddenly, cold-blooded murder invades her own intimate circle, Lidie doesn't falter. She cuts off her hair, disguises herself as a boy, and rides into Missouri in search of the killers--a woman in a fiercely male world, an abolitionist spy in slave territory. With its crackling portrayal of a totally individual, wonderfully articulate woman, its storytelling drive, and powerful evocation of an almost forgotten part of the American past, this is Jane Smiley at her enthralling, enriching best. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A THOUSAND ACRES and MOO. New, unread, first edition, first , in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. [Not remainder-marked or price-clipped] DD/L19/L98
Synopsis
Jane Smiley is the author of eight previous works of fiction, including The Age of Grief, The Greenlanders, Ordinary Love & Good Will, A Thousand Acres (which won the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Pulitzer Prize), and Moo. She lives in northern California. From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- Joe Staats, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3808
- Title
- THE ALL-TRUE TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES OF LIDIE NEWTON
- Author
- Smiley, Jane
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0679450742
- ISBN 13
- 9780679450740
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1998
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- MISSOURI FICTION HISTORICAL African-American Studies, General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed/Inscribed Books;
- Product_type
- 2
Terms of Sale
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Joe Staats, Bookseller
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We specialize in collectible, contemporary signed first editions. First edition means the first printing. (Later printings of the first edition are typically not printed on acid-free paper, and should be avoided by collectors.) Signatures are obtained by us in person. Inscribed books sold by us may contain a line, a phrase, or a sketch that the author has chosen to add. Our signed books are not dedicated to anybody in particular (not to your grandmother, your Aunt Gladys, your ex-lover or your former cellmate), except in the rare case of a presentation copy from an author to a noteworthy person. All our books are hardcover, unless the book is an Advance Reading Copy, Uncorrected Proof, or PBO. You can expect that the books we send you will be as described, and in a physical condition worthy of the author’s having signed them. We do not sell remainder-marked books, signed or otherwise
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