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Imagining America
Stories from the Promised Land
by Wesley Brown
ISBN: 0892551674
ISBN-13: 9780892551675
Format: Paperback
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
Published date: 1991
Size: 6.25 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 1.25 pounds
Publisher's Notes
37 short stories reflect the immigrant experience across cultural, generational, and historical settings: Cisneros, Yezierska, Silko, Mukherjee, Hijuelos, Yamamoto, Malamud, Jen, A.Walker, Sui Sin Far, et. al.
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Imagining America: Stories from the Promised Land
Wesley Brown
Persea Books. Used - Good. Published: 1991. Paperback. Dust jacket: Acceptable. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Good condition, showing modest signs of wear. BINDING IS SOFTCOVER;Used TEXTBOOK with normal wear, in usable acceptable to very good condition. May contain school/library markings, previous user's name/highlighting/notes and minor tears and creases. Cover/spine has minor creases and/or small tears. ( more information) Offered by Experienced Books LLC (United States)
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Imagining America: Stories from the Promised Land
Wesley Brown
Persea Books. Used - Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers! Your purchase benefits world literacy! ( more information) Offered by Better World Books (United States)
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Imagining America: Stories from the Promised Land (Qty: 2)
Wesley Brown; Editor-Amy Ling
Persea Books, 1991-11. Paperback. Good. We suggest the use of priority shipping, where available. Media mail can take up to three weeks for delivery. We ship every business day. Used books may not contain original publisher materials, ie cd and infotrak ( more information) Offered by textbook recycle (United States)
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Imagining America: Stories from the Promised Land
Brown, Wesley, and Ling, Amy
New York: Persea Books, 1991 Good+. Gift inscription/half-title page, otherwise tight & clean. Browning. "Thirty-seven short stories from 1900 to the present, written by some of our best authors-African, Asian, European, Jewish, Middle Eastern, and Native American-follow the waves of immigration into and migration within the United States. Arranged chronologically within four parts-Arriving, Belonging, Crossings, and Remembering-to mirror the newcomer's experience, these stories are unique in time and circumstance, yet they address a common dilemma: how to reconcile America's mythologized 'promise' with its more complex reality. / Wesley Brown, novelist and playwright, teaches at Rutgers University. Amy Ling (d. 1999), critic and scholar, was the founding director of the Asian American Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin, Madison." - Publisher.. Trade Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Left Coast Books (United States)
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Imagining America: Stories from the Promised Land
Wesley Brown; Editor-Amy Ling
Persea Books, 1991-11. Paperback. Like New. covers clean and crisp,interior is clean and bright,binding is tight,a very nice copy throughout ( more information) Offered by R&R Books (United States)
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Imagining America - Stories From The Promised Land
Brown, Wesley & Amy Ling, Editors
New York: Persea Books, 1991. Fourth PB Printing. Previous owner's last name on first page, with a bit of scattered notes & underlining, short tear at bottom of spine, about Very Good Condition, in wraps. Octavo sized PB, 370 pages. A "multicultural anthology of thirty-seven short stories from 1900 to the present follows the waves of Immigration into and migration within the United States and reflects the astonishing richness and diversity of American culture.". Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Prosper Poorman, Bookseller (United States)
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Imagining America: Stories from the Promised Land
Brown, Wesley (Editor)
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Persea Books, 1991. A solid, clean copy with a few pages showing minimal underlining or highlighting. Minor shelf and edge wear. Tight, square binding. 370pp. Gift inscription.. First Paperback Edition. Pictorial Wrapper. Very Good. Octavo: 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback. ( more information) Offered by Book-bye-Book (United States)
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Imagining America: Stories from the Promised Land
Brown, Wesley, Ed
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Persea Books, 1991. 370 pp. Corner wear, light edge soiling, sticker residue bottom spine. . Pb. VG. ( more information) Offered by Priceless Books (United States)
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Imagining America: Stories from the Promised Land
Brown, Wesley
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Persea Books, 1991. 6 x 9 trade paperback book. Yellow and white lettering on the black spine with a black and color illustrated cover. A multicultural anthology of American fiction. 370 pages. 8th printing. Clean. Tight binding. Fine condition.. 8th Printing. Trade Paperback. Fine. ( more information) Offered by Connie Popek, Bookseller (United States)
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Imagining America. Stories from the Promised Land. A Multicultural Anthology of American Fiction
Wesley Brown and Amy Ling
NY: Persea Books, 1991. 370pp, An anthology of 37 short stories from 1900 to the present. Authors include African, Asian, Latino, Native American, Jewish, Middle Eastern and European writers. Some underlining and marginal notes. Former owner's name on inside front cover. A small hole is punched in rear cover.. Soft Cover. Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Bookworm Books (United States)
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Imagining America: Stories from the Promised Land
Brown, Wesley
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Persea Books, 1991. " A multicultural anthology of American fiction thirty -seven stories from 1900 to the present follows the waves of immigration into and migration within the United States ." A fine , unmaked, clean copy.. Fourth Printing. Fine/No Dust Jacketa as Issued. 8v0. Soft - cover Edition. ( more information) Offered by Parnassian Books & Mysterious Prose, Inc. (United States)
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