A tract of time
by Hempstone, Smith
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1966. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Slight rubbing and browning to wrappers; slight internal browning to edges. xi, [3], 271 pages. Novel set among the Hmong people (the so-called 'Montagniards') during the Vietnamese war. Advance proof copy, with publisher's letter on upper wrapper (from editor-in-chief Paul Brooks) and quotation from the review by Publisher's Weekly on lower wrapper. Uncommon.
Synopsis
A Tract of Time is an antiwar novel from 1966 by Smith Hempstone, that covers the time period about 1960, when there was an attempted coup of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem. Even as the United States backed Diem's government during the war, its American advisers worked with the Montagnard people who opposed Diem, to help them fight the Viet Cong, whom they also opposed.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L012398
- Title
- A tract of time
- Author
- Hempstone, Smith
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- Fiction HEMPSTONE, SMITH AMERICAN LITERATURE 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN FICTION HISTORICAL VIETNAM WAR HMONG ADVANCE COPY PROOF COPY QX91 WHAR.774, , , , , , ,
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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- First Edition
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