The Wedding
by West, Dorothy
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0385471432
- ISBN 13
- 9780385471435
- Seller
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Winchester, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
Dorothy West founded the Harlem Renaissance literary magazine Challenge in 1934, and New Challenge in 1937, with Richard Wright as her associate editor. She was a welfare investigator and WPA relief worker in Harlem during the Depression. Her first novel, The Living Is Easy , appeared in 1948 and remains in print. Her second novel, The Wedding , was a national bestseller and literary landmark when published in the winter of 1995. A collection of her stories and autobiographical essays, The Richer, The Poorer , appeared during the summer of 1995. She lives on Martha's Vineyard.
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- Bookseller
- Gene The Book Peddler (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001085
- Title
- The Wedding
- Author
- West, Dorothy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition/First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0385471432
- ISBN 13
- 9780385471435
- Publisher
- Doubleday Publishing
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1995
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- MASSACHUSETTS FICTION AFRO AMERICANS ESPIONAGE SAGAS
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- 12mo
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