SILENT SNOW
by Thayer, Steve
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.
- ISBN 10
- 0670865729
- ISBN 13
- 9780670865727
- Seller
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CHICAGO, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York City, NY: Viking, 1999. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Viking, 1999. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 340 pages. The author's novel-sequel to "The Weatherman". One of Steve Thayer's finest achievements. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Steve Thayer's "Silent Snow". Adept and fascinating novel revolving around the Lindbergh kidnapping. "Explores the possibility that convicted kidnapper Bruno Hauptmann had an accomplice. This psychopath is alive today and living in Minneapolis. Now his victims are Rick Beanblossom, investigative journalist, and Andrea Labore, TV anchor. Local color abounds, exposing Minneapolis' sordid past as well as its pristine present. Thayer flashes back to reporter Grover Mudd (Rick's counterpart or previous life), investigating the original Lindbergh story. Grover's world is in sharp language, reminiscent of Cagney films sans Hollywood censor. Thayer does not step over the line, maintaining the integrity of the Beanblossom plot" (Denise Blank). An absolute "must-have" title for Steve Thayer collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Steve Thayer. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. One of the finest American mystery novelists of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER STEVE THAYER TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0670865729.
Synopsis
Steve Thayer was born and raised in St. Paul, Minnesota, and continues to make his home in the suburb city of Edina. Wolf Pass is his sixth novel, and continues the story of Wisconsin-local Deputy Pennington, who, now in secluded retirement, narrates his experiences working for the Kickapoo Falls sheriff's department in the 1960s. His first book, published in 1994, is titled Saint Mudd . His second book and a national best seller, The Weatherman was published first in Hardcover in 1995 and then paperback in 1996. Silent Snow followed to rave reviews as well. Steve always thoroughly researches his novels. In once instance, he took a part time job with a local weatherman to learn the ins-and-outs of weather for his upcoming novel. For Wolf Pass , Steve researched German prisoner-of-war camps located in Wisconsin during WWII.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Modern Rare
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10851
- Title
- SILENT SNOW
- Author
- Thayer, Steve
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine Dust Jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition. First Printing.
- ISBN 10
- 0670865729
- ISBN 13
- 9780670865727
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York City, NY
- Date Published
- 1999
- Pages
- 340
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