The Wapshot Chronicle
by Cheever, John
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine+
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About This Item
Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library. Fine+. 1978. Limited Signed Edition. Full-Leather. A special Limited edition, SIGNED by AUTHOR John Cheever in Very Fine condition; The Wapshot Chronicle, which won the 1958 National Book Award, established John Cheever as a major novelist. This outstanding book is bound in genuine leather and features gilded, sewn in pages and ribbon marker, simply superb quality, Franklin Library at its best; 8vo; [xx], 386, [6] pages; Signed by Author .
Synopsis
John William Cheever was an American novelist and short story writer. His novel, The Wapshot Chronicle, won the National Book Award in 1958. The story is the family saga of the Wapshot family. Captain Leander Wapshot and his sons, Coverly and Moses, and their lives on the New England coast. The story is rendered through Leander’s diary and also through flashbacks; each revealing more about the eccentric family and unfolding the drama behind the small-town Massachusetts village. The novel’s vigorous, interesting characters explore the clash between pious and bourgeois respectability. A deeply compelling, funny yet sentimental novel that is deserving of being called a classic.
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- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12326
- Title
- The Wapshot Chronicle
- Author
- Cheever, John
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by Chet Jezierski
- Format/Binding
- Full-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine+
- Edition
- Limited Signed Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, PA
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, Franklin Leather
- Bookseller catalogs
- Awarded Books / National Book Award;
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