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The Wind Shifting West - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by Grau, Shirley Ann
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0394488903
- ISBN 13
- 9780394488905
- Seller
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Summerville, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1973. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0394488903 . A first Printing of the First Edition, Nearly Fine with some wear from age, housed in a dust-jacket that is Fine. Volume is signed by author Shirley Ann Grau on the front flyleaf; The Wind Shifting West tells the story of three generations of women as they journey from the Dust Bowl to the Great Plains, and finally to the West Coast. In each chapter, the women reflect on a different turning point in their lives, from the Dust Bowl to the War on Poverty to the women's movement. Grau weaves together their stories to show how the environment, politics, and culture have shaped the women in her family.; 8vo; 247 pages; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56775
- Title
- The Wind Shifting West - 1st Edition/1st Printing
- Author
- Grau, Shirley Ann
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0394488903
- ISBN 13
- 9780394488905
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1973
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