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Hard Rain Falling
by Don Carpenter
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good-
- Seller
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Uncasville, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
second printing hardcover edition in dust jacket (Harcourt Brace 1965); no prior owner marks; minimal age tone to text pages; sound binding; cloth cover has damage top back corner at spine head (bumped with two short tears and wrinkle), some compression at spine ends, vivid titling; dj edge worn: short tears top and bottom edges, chipping at spine ends and corner tips, compression; dj also has slight fade along spine, some panel soil and age tone; flap price present (will furnish mylar dj protector); B4
Synopsis
Don Carpenter (1931–1995) was born in Berkeley, California, and grew up on the West Coast. He served in the air force during the Korean War, attended the University of Portland, and received a B.S. from Portland State College and an M.A. from San Francisco State College. Carpenter, his wife, Martha, and their two daughters settled in Mill Valley, near San Francisco, and he became good friends with the local writers Evan Connell and, especially, Richard Brautigan. His first book, Hard Rain Falling , was published in 1966 and was followed by nine other novels as well as several collections of short stories. Carpenter also wrote for the movies and television and spent a good deal of time in Hollywood, the subject of several of his novels. Plagued by poor health in his later years, he committed suicide at the age of sixty-four. George Pelecanos is the author of sixteen novels and was a writer, story editor, and producer on the HBO series The Wire.
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Details
- Bookseller
- DrPanglossBooks
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 918290
- Title
- Hard Rain Falling
- Author
- Don Carpenter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace and World
- Date Published
- 1966
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
DrPanglossBooks
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Uncasville, Connecticut
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