Chasing the Sea
by Bissell, Tom
Tom Bissell was born in Escanaba, Michigan, in 1974. After his stint in the Peace Corps he worked for several years in book publishing in New York City. His criticism, fiction, and journalism have appeared in publications including Harper's Magazine, The Virginia Quarterly Review, GQ, Granta, McSweeney's, The Boston Review, The Believer, Best American Travel Writing 2003, and other publications. He has been nominated for several awards and not received any of them. He lives in New York City.
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Chasing The Sea : Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia
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Chasing the Sea: Being a Narrative of a Journey through Uzbekistan
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New York: Pantheon, [2003]. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 8vo. xxii, 388, [2] pp. Bound in quarter purple over yellow boards, maps on endpapers, deckle edge, in illustrated dust jacket. Includes bibliography and index. Inscribed by Author on title page:"To Steve/Fellow traveler,/with my best/wishes,/Tom Bissell/5-12-4". Very Good, hard diagonal crease to front free endpaper, soiling to top… Read more about this item Item Price
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Chasing the Sea: Being a Narrative of a Journey Through Uzbekistan, Including Descriptions of Life Therein, Culminating With an Arrival at the Aral Sea, the World's
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CHASING THE SEA: Being a Narrative of a Journey Through Uzbekistan, Including Descriptions of Life Therein, Culminating With an Arrival at the Aral Sea, the World's Worst Man-made Ecological Catastrophe.
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New York:: Pantheon,, (2003.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. First printing. In 1960 the Aral Sea was the size of Lake Michigan, a huge body of water in the middle of the deserts of central Asia; by 1996 it had shrunk to 1/3 its former size and it continues to shrink.… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Pantheon Books, 2003. Stated First . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Full run of numbers. Book is a bright orange/yellow with purple erxtended sppine. D.J. has reprodeuced photo of camel and a person near the vanishing sea. D.J. has a bit of edgewear ow vg.
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Chasing the Sea: Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia
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Chasing the Sea: Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia (SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR)
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