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Wisconsin is my doorstep: A Dramatist's Yarn Book of Wisconsin Lore
by Robert E. Gard / Decorations by Frank Utpatel
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Good-
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York - London - Toronto: Longmans, Green and Co., 1948. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good-. Signed by Author(s). Signed by Gard on half-title page. First Edition stated. Boards in plum-colored cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Bit of sticker remainder on front free endpaper, else clean. Dust jacket is edge-worn; has a large, tape-repaired tear on the front panel; spine faded; not price clipped ($3.50); in an archival mylar sleeve. xv, 194 pages. Twelves yarns of Wisconsin lore, stories passed down by generations, here skillfully told by Gard, who in their telling combines straight narrative, dramatic conversation, and quotations from original sources. Robert E. Gard (1910-1992) was a prominent dramatist, folklorist and professor emeritus of creative writing at University of Wisconsin-Madison, as well as the founder of the Wisconsin Idea Theater, the Wisconsin Regional Writers' Association, the School of the Arts in Rhinelander, and the publishing corporation Wisconsin House. His WHA-Radio program, and WHA-TV program in the later-1950s, ''Wisconsin Is My Doorstep,'' was well-known to the people of Wisconsin. Illustrated by Frank Utpatel (1905-1980), a lifelong resident of Wisconsin, best known for his Arkham House book covers.
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- Bookseller
- Boyd Used & Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015543
- Title
- Wisconsin is my doorstep: A Dramatist's Yarn Book of Wisconsin Lore
- Author
- Robert E. Gard / Decorations by Frank Utpatel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green and Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York - London - Toronto
- Date Published
- 1948
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- folklore,
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