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A DIFFERENT KIND OF CHRISTMAS
by Haley Alex
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- first
- Condition
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Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1988. First Edition. Woodcuts and jacket design by David Frampton. 8vo, publisher’s original white linen lettered and decorated in copper on the spine and upper cover. In the original colour illustrated dustjacket. 101 pp. A very fine and clean copy, pristine and as mint. FIRST EDITION OF THIS FINE BOOK BY ALEX HALEY AND INSPIRING READING FOR ALL AGES AND FAITHS. "Alex Haley's ROOTS is one of the world's most beloved and important books. In A DIFFERENT KIND OF CHRISTMAS, the intense drama of a white Southerner and a black slave who work toward a mutual goal, Haley once again gives us a moving story of physical and moral courage, and an unforgettable tale of spiritual regeneration. Rendered with a matchless sense of time and place, a poetic humanness, and a rich, robust humor.
Synopsis
ALEX HALEY was the author of ROOTS: The Saga of An American Family, now available as a Modern Classic from Gramercy Books. Haley became a journalist while serving in the U.S. Coast Guard, and first gained national attention as the collaborator of The Autobiography of Malcolm X. He died in 1992.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Buddenbrooks, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30322
- Title
- A DIFFERENT KIND OF CHRISTMAS
- Author
- Haley Alex
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1988
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Buddenbrooks, Inc.
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Newburyport, Massachusetts
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