Chasing the Sea: Being a Narrative of a Journey Through Uzbekistan, Including Descriptions of Life Therein, Culminating with an Arrival at the Aral Sea, the World's Worst Man-Made Ecological Catastrophe: In One Volume
by BISSELL, Tom
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0375421300
- ISBN 13
- 9780375421303
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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Synopsis
Tom Bissell was born in Escanaba, Michigan, in 1974. After his stint in the Peace Corps he worked for several years in book publishing in New York City. His criticism, fiction, and journalism have appeared in publications including Harper's Magazine , The Virginia Quarterly Review , GQ , Granta , McSweeney's , The Boston Review , The Believer , Best American Travel Writing 2003 , and other publications. He has been nominated for several awards and not received any of them. He lives in New York City.
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- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 426533
- Title
- Chasing the Sea: Being a Narrative of a Journey Through Uzbekistan, Including Descriptions of Life Therein, Culminating with an Arrival at the Aral Sea, the World's Worst Man-Made Ecological Catastrophe: In One Volume
- Author
- BISSELL, Tom
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0375421300
- ISBN 13
- 9780375421303
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- Travel/GeographicNon-fiction
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