Laughing Whitefish
by Traver, Robert
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Van Nuys, California, United States
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About This Item
McGraw-Hill Book Company, NY, 1965; First Edition; 8vo, 312 pages. Mystery-suspense novel set in a small Northern Michigan town and revolving around a local lawyer who attempts to obtain justice for a beautiful Chippewa Indian girl and her tribe. Based on an actual case tried in the Michigan courts in the mid nineteenth century. Authored by Robert Traver, pen name of John D. Voelker, District Attorney for Marquette County, MI, who later became a Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court. His 1958 novel "Anatomy Of A Murder" was made into the award winning Otto Preminger film of the same name starring Jimmy Stewart and Lee Remick. Very Good Plus, in a price clipped Very Good Plus dust jacket. Clean, crisp, bright, and sharp. No ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind. An attractive copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- AARDWOLF Fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5606
- Title
- Laughing Whitefish
- Author
- Traver, Robert
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Book Company
- Place of Publication
- NY,
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- Mystery, Mysteries, Law, Lawyers, American Indian, Chippewa Indians, Suspense, Michigan
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions;
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About the Seller
AARDWOLF Fine Books
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Van Nuys, California
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- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Jacket
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