A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906
by Winchester, Simon
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0739468359
- ISBN 13
- 9780739468357
- Seller
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005. Assumed First Edtion . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6" x 9. 462 Pages Indexed. Very slightly concave spine otherwise tight square book with no marks or stamps. Here is a rich anthology of story, legend, poetry, and fact, celebrating the special qualities and rewards of all sorts of family relationships. Husbands, wives, mothers, fathers, daughters, sons, sisters, brothers, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews-all are highlighted in turn as this book roams over the family tree- root, branch, leaf, and bud. One meets Ma Joad, Cress Delahanty, Tom Sawyer, Parris Mitchell, Heidi, Mrs. Wiggs, and Auntie Mame --a last a moment when the pressure or support of some relative is of critical importance and comes into sharp focus. Even Elsie Dinsmore and her father appear in this all-out gathering of the clan. Nonfiction selections reveal Fyodor Dostoevsky, Charles Dickens, F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Butler Yeats, and John F. Kennedy as fathers. Two Presidents and a First Lady appear, not as our people, but as parents or progeny, dealing with problems that they cannot or do not wish to put aside.
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- Bookseller
- Dons Book Store (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12440
- Title
- A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906
- Author
- Winchester, Simon
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Assumed First Edtion
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0739468359
- ISBN 13
- 9780739468357
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2005
- Size
- 6" x 9
- Keywords
- HISTORY UNITED STATES CALIFORNIA TECTONICS VOLCANOS SAN ANDREAS FAULT SAN FRANCISCO
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Dons Book Store
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Albuquerque, New Mexico
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We are a family owned and operated bookstore in same location for 52 years. We have built our business on integrity, professional and personal service. General line of new and used paperback and hardback books, comics and graphic novels.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.