Earth and High Heaven
by Graham, Gwethalyn
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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London (Birr), Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Synopsis
Earth and High Heaven was a 1944 novel by Gwethalyn Graham. It was the first Canadian novel to reach number one on The New York Times bestseller list and stayed on the list for 37 weeks, selling 125 000 copies in the United States that year. Set in Montreal, Quebec during World War II, the novel portrays a romance between Erica Drake, a young woman from a wealthy Protestant family in Westmount, and Marc Reiser, a Jewish lawyer and soldier from Northern Ontario.
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- Bookseller
- CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 77202cl
- Title
- Earth and High Heaven
- Author
- Graham, Gwethalyn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1944
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Keywords
- literature fiction modern first editions Canada Canadian authors
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- Jacket
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