Unto A Good Land
by Vilhelm Moberg
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good-/None
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Lubbock, Texas, United States
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About This Item
This book is in good condition. There is severe wear on the front, back, edges, and spine of the cover boards. There are many spots and tears on the outside cover boards and spine. There are two black marks on the inside cover boards. The pages are yellowing and tanning, but are otherwise unmarked except for the dating on the first page.
"On the elongated island of Manhattan, in the Hudson River, the largest city in North America had sprung up, already inhabited by half a million people. Like an immense hippopotamus resting immobile in his element, Manhattan sprawled in the water, at the mouth of the Hudson. The hippopotamus turned his head toward the Atlantic, and the back of his enormous snout lay the piers of the East River, where ships with immigrants from the Old World tied up...." - Chapter One from Unto A Good Land
"On the elongated island of Manhattan, in the Hudson River, the largest city in North America had sprung up, already inhabited by half a million people. Like an immense hippopotamus resting immobile in his element, Manhattan sprawled in the water, at the mouth of the Hudson. The hippopotamus turned his head toward the Atlantic, and the back of his enormous snout lay the piers of the East River, where ships with immigrants from the Old World tied up...." - Chapter One from Unto A Good Land
Synopsis
Unto a Good Land is a novel by Vilhelm Moberg from 1952. It is the second part of the The Emigrants suite.
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- Bookseller
- Revue & Revalued Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 417
- Title
- Unto A Good Land
- Author
- Vilhelm Moberg
- Format/Binding
- The binding is tight and solid.
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Simon And Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1954
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Immigrants, Sweden, Charlotte, Manhattan, New York,
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History; Novel;
- Size
- Medium Octavo
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