A Different Kind of Christmas
by Haley, Alex
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0385260431
- ISBN 13
- 9780385260435
- Seller
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Vars, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Doubleday. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0385260431 . White cloth covers, gilt titles to the spine, gilt illustrations to the front cover. In Fine condition with very light spine end bumping. The DJ is unclipped and in Fine condition. "A stirring, warm story for readers of all ages about a young Southerner who becomes an agent for the Underground Railroad and helps mastermind the escape of slaves from his father's plantation on Christmas Eve." ; 7.40 X 5.20 X 0.70 inches; 101 pages; Box 14 / shelved .
Synopsis
ALEX HALEY was the author of ROOTS: The Saga of An American Family, now available as a Modern Classic from Gramercy Books. Haley became a journalist while serving in the U.S. Coast Guard, and first gained national attention as the collaborator of The Autobiography of Malcolm X. He died in 1992.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bytown Bookery (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17127
- Title
- A Different Kind of Christmas
- Author
- Haley, Alex
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385260431
- ISBN 13
- 9780385260435
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- 0385260431
- Bookseller catalogs
- Historical Fiction;
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