New York: Macmillan, 1974. Second Printing. hardcover. A near fine copy in a very good clean jacket with some wear to the bottom front corner and spine foot. A realistic novel that won the 1975 Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature. This special copy is inscribed by Hamilton "For Madeleine (L'Engle) / With very best wishes / Virginia Hamilton." on the title page. Newbery Medal to front cover. From the library of Madeleine L'Engle. A nearly fine copy in a very good jacket with wear to the extremities. The book also won the National Book Award for Children's Literature as well as the Boston-Horn Book Award. A coming of age novel that covers three eventful days in the life of teenager Mayo Cornelius Higgins. It is set in the Appalachian Mountains on Sarah's Mountain, a fictional Mountain in Kentucky near the Ohio River, that is being encroached upon by a mining company. The book highlights the strange, almost surreal customs of the hill people including their traditions of song and superstition. At its core is the reconciliation M.C. must make between tradition and change.

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Bookseller: Ed Smith Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 14696
Title: M.C. HIGGINS, THE GREAT
Author: Hamilton, Virginia
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - A near fine copy in a very good clean jacket with some wear to the bottom front corner and spine foot
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Second Printing
ISBN 10: 0027424804
ISBN 13: 9780027424805
Publisher: Macmillan
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1974
Keywords: association copy, signed and inscribed, Newbery winner, Madeleine L'Engle, National Book Award for Children's Literature, Boston-Horn Book Award, coming of age novel, Appalachia, hill people customs, Kentucky

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