Esther's Pillow
by Marlin Fitzwater (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1586480359
- ISBN 13
- 9781586480356
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
A$22.86A$16.00
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About This Item
New York, NY: PublicAffairs, 2001 PublicAffairs, New York. 2001. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by Line Number. Signed by the author on the half title page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for F/O notation of where and when the book was purchased and signed. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to head and tail. DJ; Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($25.00); light bumping to head and tail. Yellow paper over boards with dark brown overlay on the spine with bright silver lettering on the spine. 242 pp 8vo. A startling debut novel based on a true story: A courageous young woman forces her small Kansas town to acknowledge the dark secrets of one violent night and the ugly prejudice that will tear it apart. . The year is 1911. After attending college in Wichita for two years, Margaret Chambers returns home to teach in the one-room schoolhouse of her youth. Trouble brews quickly. The God-fearing citizens of this small, weather-beaten town feel threatened by the bright-eyed, full-figured Margaret. She's too smart by half and she needs to be put in her place. The men devise a plan to chase Margaret from the county forever. But fueled by whiskey and the shame of their own desires, their plan soon spins out of control. In one night of brutal violence, they ambush Margaret and tar and feather her naked body. After the men are arrested, a long, painful trial begins-a trial that will thrust this proud, private Kansas town into the national spotlight, splitting families apart and exposing the dark secrets of one hideous night to the unforgiving light of day. Esther's Pillow is based on a true story. It is the story that author Marlin Fitzwater learned at his father's deathbed. Haunted by his family's own role in the Chambers scandal, Fitzwater reached deep into the past to unearth the shocking secrets of one family, a small Kansas town, and the dark passions that changed them all forever. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016421
- Title
- Esther's Pillow
- Author
- Marlin Fitzwater (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1586480359
- ISBN 13
- 9781586480356
- Publisher
- PublicAffairs
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2001
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Marlin Fitzwater, Esther's Pillow, Margaret Chambers, school teacher, court trial, tar and feathering, historical fiction, Kansas Fiction, lawyers, police, court trial
- Bookseller catalogs
- Kansas Related; Legal matters/Lawyers/Judges/Attorneys;
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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