Cold Mountain ("New Copy!!!" - Stated First Edition - F/VF with F/VF DJ)

by Charles Frazier

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Atlantic, New York NY (1997) HC w/ DJ, New, Stated First Edition (Copyright page states: First Edition, further states: Charles Frazier---1st ed., Copyright page number series reads: 97-98-99-00-30-29-28-27-26-25-24-23-22-21, Copyright page Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data numbers read: PS3556.R.3599C6 1997 813'.54---dc21 97-275, back inner flap of jacket states: Atlantic 0697), 8vo, 356 pages with one final unnumbered page titled Acknowledgments; Book: New - F/VF, clean, tight and sound, nothing derogatory of note, woven-patterned black boards with black cloth spine and spine-turns, bright gilt lettering to spine, publisher's logo flat stamped to lower right corner of front board; Pages: New - F/VF, clean, white and secure, nothing derogatory of note, fancy illustrated flyleaves with Civil War era map of Southern Blue Ridge Mountains in red ink on light-blue and creme marbled paper; DJ: F/VF, clean and bright, nothing derogatory of note, round gold foil seal to front: National Book Award, review blurbs to back by: John Berendt, Kaye Gibbons, Rick Bass, Ann Beattie, and Willie Morris, not clipped, price still showing on front inner flap (not a remainder/not a book club ed./not a Library ed.) Synopsis: Cold Mountain, is an extraordinary novel about a soldier's perilous journey back to his beloved at the end of the Civil War. At once a magnificent story and a harrowing account of one man's long walk home. Cold Mountain, introduces a stunning new talent in American literature, Charles Frazier, born and raised in the Blue Ridge Mountains where his story takes place. Based on local history and family stories passed down by the author's great-great-grandfather, Cold Mountain, is the tale of a wounded soldier, Inman, who walks away from the ravages of the battlefields and back home to his postwar sweetheart, Ada. Inman's odyssey through the devested landscape of the soon-to-be defeated South interweaves with Ada's enormous struggles to revive her father's farm, with the help of an intrepid young drifter named Ruby. As their long separated lives begin to converge at the close of the war, Inman and Ada confront the vastly transformed world they've been delivered. Charles Frazier reveals marked insight into man's relationship to the land and the dangers of solitude. He also shares with the great 19th century writers, and the golden era of mid 20th century novelists, a keen observation of a society undergoing the upheaval of change. Cold Mountain, recreates a world gone by that speaks eloquently to our time --- and all times. Charles Frazier still lives in North Carolina, where he writes and raises horses. This was Mr. Frazier's debut work. Cold Mountain, was turned into an Academy Award winning motion picture in 2003, staring: Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renee Zellweger, and Donald Sutherland. The novel is a five-star on the modern day collectible's list.