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ON THE YARD
by Braly, Malcolm
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good./Very good.
- Seller
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Santa Barbara, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Very good./Very good.. 8 1/4'' X 5 3/4''. 344pp. Old bookshop label on fly-leaf.
Synopsis
Malcolm Braly (1925–1980) was born in Portland, Oregon. Abandoned by his parents, Braly lived between foster homes and institutions for delinquent children, and by the time he was forty had spent nearly seventeen years in prison for burglary, serving time at Nevada State Prison, San Quentin, and Folsom State Prison. He wrote three novels behind bars, Felony Tank (1961), Shake Him Till He Rattles (1963), and It’s Cold Out There (1966), and upon his release in 1965 began to work on On the Yard . When prison authorities learned of the book they threatened to revoke his parole, and he was forced to complete it in secret. Published in 1967, after Braly’s parole had expired, On the Yard received wide acclaim. It was followed by his autobiography, False Starts: A Memoir of San Quentin and Other Prisons (1976), and a final work of fiction, The Protector (1979). Malcolm Braly enjoyed fifteen years of freedom before his death in a car accident at age fifty-four. Jonathan Lethem is the author of seven novels, including Motherless Brooklyn and The Fortress of Solitude . He lives in Brooklyn and in Maine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lost Horizon Bookstore
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55276
- Title
- ON THE YARD
- Author
- Braly, Malcolm
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good.
- Jacket Condition
- Very good.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1967
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lost Horizon Bookstore
Biblio member since 2010
Santa Barbara, California
About Lost Horizon Bookstore
We are a small, open shop in Santa Barbara and have been in the same location for over 30 years. We have a select inventory of used and rare books. We also carry original posters and prints, vintage photographs and ephemera. Open Tues.- Sat. 11-6, closed Sunday & Monday.
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