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Coming of Age: The Story of Our Century by Those Who've Lived It
by Terkel, Studs
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1565842847
- ISBN 13
- 9781565842847
- Seller
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Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New Press, The, 1995. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 2nd Printing Second Printing per number line. Hard cover with black boards and spine cloth and gold gilt spine lettering & line design in very good condition. Former owner's name on verso of front board under the jacket flap. Interior text block clean & tight, no writing, no markings noted. Light foxing to top text block. Dust jacket in likewise very good condition; not price clipped. * From the jacket flap, "". . . a collective portrait of our times, woven from the voices of seventy very different people, the youngest of whom is seventy and the oldest ninety-nine. Together they give us an extraordinary panorama of American life and work throughout this century and underscore the ways in which the times have changes. . . . they all deplore the degree to which human contact has declined and how traditional hopes and aspirations have been superseded by the often ruthless demands of the modern corporation. . . .""
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- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M001083
- Title
- Coming of Age: The Story of Our Century by Those Who've Lived It
- Author
- Terkel, Studs
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1565842847
- ISBN 13
- 9781565842847
- Publisher
- New Press, The
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- Aged - United States - Interviews, Aged - United States - Attitudes, Social participation - United States - Case studies, Self actualization (Psychological) in old age - United States - Case Studies, History - Modern - 20th Century
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sociology & Culture;
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About the Seller
Elk Creek Heritage Books
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Toms River, New Jersey
About Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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