Death of a Rebel
by Marc Eliot
ISBN: 0385136102
ISBN-13: 9780385136105
Format: Paperback
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Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group
Published date: 1979
Publisher's Notes
An intimate portrait of the folk musician, political activist, and spokesmen for the anti-establishment, anti-war concerns of the 1960s traces his career, his fight against manic-depression, and his struggles to cure America's ills.
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Death of a Rebel
Marc Eliot
Anchor Books/Doubleday. 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)
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Death of a Rebel Starring Phil Ochs And A Small Circle Of Friends
Eliot, Marc
New York: Bantam Dell Pub Group, 1979. First edition. Paperback. Good. 316 pp. The cover on this book shows wear including creasing and tears. There is a small area in the title where the cover image is missing, possibly where an old price tag or bookstore label was removed. The pages are in good shape as well as the binding. ( more information)
Offered by Burned Books Publishing (United States)
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Death of a Rebel
Eliot, Marc
Anchor Books, 1979. Light Shelf wear, edges and spine rubbed, Binding Tight, Unmarked Text ** OLD RANCH BOOKS: A Family Operated Bookstore Online Since '99 ** SUBTITLE: Starring Phil Ochs and a Small Circle of Friends, brown softcover wrappers. Soft Cover. Good. ( more information)
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The Death of a Rebel: Starring Phil Ochs and a Small Circle of Friends
eliot, Marc
NY: Anchor, 1979. (1st edition). Trade Paperback. NEAR FINE. Tight, bright, clean, square. A little edgewear, hinge crease and tiny crease on bottom corner of front cover. "Phil Ochs was called by many the political spokesman for his generation. Through his music, he captured both the spirit and the conflict of the 1960s...was considered. behind Bob Dylan, the most promising and authentic American folk singer of his time" ISBN: 0385136102. ( more information)
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