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TEN NORTH FREDERICK.
by O'Hara, John (1905-1970)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine in blue cloth with a gilt and light blue title panel on the spine, in a very near fine dust jacket (bit of offsetting/blue cloth with a gilt and light blue title panel on the spine, in a very near fine
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About This Item
New York:: Random House,, (1955). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in blue cloth with a gilt and light blue title panel on the spine, in a very near fine dust jacket (bit of offsetting on the front endpaper, but ooriginal price of $3.95 still present on dust jacket flap). First printing. The story of three generations of a family of the "best people", who live in the "best" old section of Gibbsville, Pennsylvania. Winner of the 1956 National Book Award for fiction. Basis for the 1958 20th Century Fox film starring Gary Cooper. 408 pp, Dust jacket by Sam Sugar.
Synopsis
John Henry O'Hara was an American writer. O'Hara was a keen observer of social status and class differences, and wrote frequently about the socially ambitious. His novel, Ten North Frederick, won the National Book Award in 1956. This exemplary novel chronicles the life of Joe Chapin. Set in the fictional town of Gibbsville, Pennsylvania, Joe Chapin is an attorney and pillar of his community. He is intent on becoming the President of the United States. The underside of his seemingly perfect life are sexual secrets that could tear his family, and even his town, apart. O’Hara writes with impressive attention to detail and portrays an impassioned knowledge of the political circumstances of the times.
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- Bookseller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 82691
- Title
- TEN NORTH FREDERICK.
- Author
- O'Hara, John (1905-1970)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in blue cloth with a gilt and light blue title panel on the spine, in a very near fine dust jacket (bit of offsetting
- Jacket Condition
- blue cloth with a gilt and light blue title panel on the spine, in a very near fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Random House,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- (1955)
- Keywords
- movie basis, national book award, pennsylvania,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern first editions;
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