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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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/very good
- ISBN 10
- 0375421300
- ISBN 13
- 9780375421303
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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
- Garnet Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003404
- Title
- Chasing the Sea
- Author
- Bissell, Tom
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0375421300
- ISBN 13
- 9780375421303
- Publisher
- Pantheon
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [2003]
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel; Signed / Inscribed;
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